Mississippi Tenth Amendment Center

02/12/2020

JACKSON, Miss. (Feb 11, 2020) - Two bills introduced in the Mississippi legislature would set the foundation to create a "gun rights sanctuary state" by banning state and local enforcement o

01/31/2019

JACKSON, Miss. (Jan. 29, 2019) - A bill filed in the Mississippi Senate would build on the foundation of legislation signed into law in 2016 and block state enforcement of Pres. Trump's bump stock ban, along with certain future federal gun control regulations. Sen. Chris McDaniel (R-Ellisville) intr...

01/17/2019

JACKSON, Miss. (Jan. 15, 2019) - A bill filed in the Mississippi House would ban the warrantless use of stingray devices for location tracking or to sweep up electronic communications in most situations. The proposed law would not only protect privacy in Mississippi, but it would also hinder one asp...

03/10/2018

JACKSON, Miss. (March 8, 2018) – Today, the Mississippi House gave final approval to a bill that would prohibit most abortions after 15 weeks, defying a Supreme Court opinion prohibiting stat…

01/12/2018

JACKSON, Miss. (Jan. 10, 2018) – A bill introduced in the Mississippi Senate would end Common Core in schools throughout the state.

01/11/2018

JACKSON, Miss. (Jan. 10, 2018) – A bill introduced in the Mississippi Senate would end all state support and cooperation with the implementation and administration of Obamacare. Passage of this bil…

01/04/2018

JACKSON, Miss. (Jan. 3, 2017) – A bill introduced in the Mississippi House would legalize limited raw milk sales in the state, taking an important step toward nullifying a federal prohibitio…

02/16/2017

The city of Bay St. Louis, Miss., provides us with a $300,000 lesson on why the widespread use of asset forfeiture at a local, state, and federal level needs to end.

http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2017/02/the-300000-asset-forfeiture-mistake-in-mississippi/'

h/t Mississippi for Liberty

The city of Bay St. Louis, Miss., provides us with a $300,000 lesson on why the widespread use of asset forfeiture at a local, state, and federal level needs to end.

01/23/2017

Sen. Chris McDaniel (R-Ellisville) introduced Senate Bill 2498 (SB2498) on Jan. 16. The legislation would reform Mississippi law by requiring a criminal conviction before prosecutors could proceed with asset forfeiture. Under current law, Mississippi

01/23/2017

Update: Success HB 812 for asset forfeiture reform passes 3/2/17
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The state public defender in Mississippi has submitted a separate set of recommendations to the governor on civil asset forfeiture reform that he hopes will curb the practice.

Ask your state legislators to keep asset forfeiture money "in one pot". Here's why:

Article:
http://watchdog.org/286000/mississippi-asset-forfeiture/

Find your legislator's contact information here:
http://www.legislature.ms.gov/Pages/default.aspx

01/19/2017

Sen. Chris McDaniel introduced Senate Bill 2204 (SB2204) on Jan. 13. The legislation would bar any state agency, department or political subdivision of the state, and their employees, from planning, implementing, assisting with, participating in, ena

01/18/2017

JACKSON, Miss. (Jan. 18, 2017) – A bill introduced in the Mississippi House would ban the use of “stingrays” to track the location of phones and sweep up electronic communications without a w…