Update on Medical Marijuana in Mississippi: INITIATIVE 65 CHALLENGE UNDER JUDICIAL ADVISEMENT
By EsqSocial Corporation 15/04/21
Yesterday, the Mississippi Supreme Court held oral argument in the City of Madison’s challenge to Initiative 65, Mary Hawkins Butler v. Michael Watson, 2020-IA-01199-SCT. Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler asked the court to invalidate Initiative 65. The Mississippi Constitution requires that no more than one-fifth of the total signatures to place an initiative on the ballot may come from any one congressional district. According to Butler, because Mississippi now has only four congressional...
By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP