MS attorney general files suit against Barbour.

[deminks]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/02/ms-attorney-general-files-suit-against-barbour/

In light of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) naming Rep. Roger Wicker (R-MS) as a replacement for Trent Lott’s Senate seat, State Attorney General Jim Hood filed a lawsuit today in Hinds County Circuit Court “seeking an injunction to require the special election for Lott’s replacement to be conducted within 90 days”:

In a Dec. 20 proclamation, Barbour set the Nov. 4, 2008 general election as the date for the senatorial special election. If a runoff is required, it will be conducted on Nov. 25, the governor said. But Hood said state statute mandates the governor set the election within 90 days of his proclamation.

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[cali]

1. Go Jim Hood!

This is really maddening. The governor is flouting MS law.

[indepat]

2. 'pukes flaunting law is as certain as God making little green apples in the

summertime.