Video: Restraining Order Filed Against House of Representatives
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COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) — District 12 representative Jay Hughes has filed an emergency restraining order to require the Mississippi House of Representatives to follow the state constitution.
In the order, Hughes said the Mississippi constitution states that all bills must be read in full before voting on them and that, historically, House Clerks have personally read the bills out loud.
Hughes also said the House uses an electronic device to read bills before being voted upon.
Hughes said Speaker of House Phillip Gunn has accelerated the reading speed of the electronic device, “faster than any human ear or mind can even arguably comprehend, or about 10 words per second.”
A temporary restraining order was granted to require bills be read at a normal rate of speed, and audio. The hearing on a permanent injunction is Monday, at 9:00 am, in the Hinds County Circuit Courthouse before Judge Winston L. Kidd.
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