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• NFL - WTF?!?

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  What is up with the NFL broadcast rules?  The Giants are driving down the field against Atlanta in OT.  The NFC East, South, and the wild-card playoff spots are all implicated. 
  
  BUT, because the NFL requires the networks to switch at 3:15 Central, they pull the coverage.
  
  And [...]

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 3:19pm EST
  by Jim Craig

• Thank you, Dexter, Jevan, Shay, the entire defense, and certainly not least of all, Les Miles.

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  HOTTY TODDY! [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:31pm EST
  by Matt Eichelberger

• I've added a blog to our blog list

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  Radley Balko's been a friend for awhile now, and I have no idea why I didn't add his blog, The Agitator, before now.  But there it is, over there on the right.  For those of you who don't know who Radley is, he's an investigative reporter for Reason [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:06pm EST
  by Matt Eichelberger

• More and more people want to be lawyers, I guess

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  According to TaxProf Blog, there was a 19.8% increase in the number of people taking the October LSAT.  It will be interesting to see how the numbers move as the economy begins its recovery.
  
  h/t Radley Balko [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:03pm EST
  by Matt Eichelberger

• An awfully, awfully belated congratulations on a wonderful career

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  Going back through the archives of this site and its predecessor, I ran across a comment to an early post of mine that deserves mention.  Somehow, I missed it back then, and I apologize profusely for that.
  
  Chip Reynolds, longtime state GOP operative, Clinton High School supporter and general [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:38pm EST
  by Matt Eichelberger

• Trick play: Is Governor Barbour's university consolidation proposal a tactical ploy?

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  I’m wondering if consolidation of universities (and maybe even school districts) is a tactical ploy by the Governor. He can then say, “Rep. Jones, if you don’t want [name of university with heavy representation in Jones’ district] consolidated, then you need to support deep cuts in other agencies.” Then, [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:44am EST
  by Jim Craig

• Corey Maye's conviction is REVERSED!

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  First off, CONGRATULATIONS BOB EVANS!!!!!!!!!!!  Bob Evans is a friend, a respected legislator, and one hell of a lawyer.  Second, congrats, Covington & Burling, who lent lawyers to the case.  Finally, thanks to Radley Balko and Reason Magazine.  They covered this matter from the get-go.  They even produced a [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:12pm EST
  by Matt Eichelberger

• Hey Gov.....

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  I noticed a mistake on page 17 of your budget recommendations:
   While all areas must find efficiencies, we cannot shortchange the state judicial system and its mission to help law enforcement entities put criminals behind bars.
  I know that judges run for office in this state by saying they're' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 5:31pm EST
  by Matt Eichelberger

• Barbour: Merge the HBCUs; consolidate the W into State

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  At his 2:15 p.m. press conference, Gov. Barbour announced his plan to save money in higher education.  He wants to 1) merge Alcorn and Valley into JSU, and 2) merge the W into MSU.  He says that under his plan none of the campuses would close.  But I've got' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:47pm EST
  by Matt Eichelberger

• Judge Malcolm Harrison denies motion to recuse, but prospectively recuses in some cases

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  At the hearing mentioned below, Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Malcolm Harrison denied the motion to recuse filed by the defense in State v. Alicia Hanner.  The State offered no argument, but did make a record that they had provided the Court with a copy of the Jenkins case [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 3:14pm EST
  by Matt Eichelberger

• Recusal issue to be heard this afternoon

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  While Bobby DeLaughter is being sentenced in Aberdeen, his replacement, Judge Malcolm Harrison, will be hearing argument on the recusal issue mentioned here a few weeks ago.  It's my understanding that the State will have no response to the defense motion to recuse.  It's also my understanding that Judge [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:48am EST
  by Matt Eichelberger

• You probably already knew this, but...

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  the "In Your Voice" comments section below each online Clarion-Ledger story is often home to the most vile, ignorant, depressing, hate-spewing invective found anywhere on the web outside of www.nationalist.org.  And if the comments aren't dripping with the aforementioned filth, they're generally so lacking in grammar, spelling and punctuation as [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:23am EST
  by Matt Eichelberger

• Breaking News: Mississippi Supreme Court Requires Arbitration in Jones v. Scruggs Katrina Group Lawsuit

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  What a difference a year (or more) makes. Today, the Mississippi Supreme Court reversed the Circuit Court of Lafayette County, and ordered the lawsuit filed by Jones, Funderburk, Sessums, Peterson and Lee, LLC against the Scruggs Katrina Group sent to arbitration.
  
  The mandate of the Mississippi Supreme Court grants [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:09pm EST
  by Jim Craig

• Wow. Just wow.

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  I don't see any way she's getting out of this one:
  
  Drunk driver calls police to report...that she's a drunk driver.' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:16pm EST
  by Matt Eichelberger

• Hitting the Legal Version of a 7-10 Split

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  My blogmate, Matt Eichelberger, scored an impressive win this week. According to the Clarion-Ledger, Matt obtained a finding that his client, Tina Funderburk, was incompetent to stand trial. Ms. Funderburk, a 33 year old woman from New York, is accused of either abandoning or smothering her three year old [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 4:09pm EST
  by Jim Craig