Mississippi Constitution

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The Mississippi Constitution is the fundamental governing document that outlines the structure, powers, and limitations of the state government of Mississippi and guarantees certain rights to its citizens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf foundational law ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
state constitution ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction State of Mississippi ⓘ
bindingOn courts of Mississippi ⓘ
local governments in Mississippi ⓘ
state officials of Mississippi ⓘ
canBeAmendedBy constitutional amendment process ⓘ
contains bill of rights ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
defines limitations of Mississippi state government ⓘ
powers of Mississippi state government ⓘ
structure of Mississippi state government ⓘ
enforcedBy Mississippi courts ⓘ
establishes Mississippi Legislature ⓘ
Mississippi executive branch ⓘ
Mississippi judicial branch ⓘ
establishesBody Mississippi Court system ⓘ
Mississippi Supreme Court ⓘ
establishesOffice Attorney General of Mississippi ⓘ
Governor of Mississippi ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi ⓘ
Secretary of State of Mississippi ⓘ
State Auditor of Mississippi ⓘ
State Treasurer of Mississippi ⓘ
governs Mississippi state government ⓘ
guarantees due process rights under state law ⓘ
equal protection rights under state law ⓘ
rights of Mississippi citizens ⓘ
rights related to criminal procedure ⓘ
rights related to property ⓘ
higherLawThan Mississippi statutory law ⓘ
influencedBy United States Constitution ⓘ
interpretedBy Mississippi Supreme Court ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalDomain public law ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of the State of Mississippi ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state level ⓘ
separationOfPowers executive branch ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ
subject civil rights ⓘ
education ⓘ
local government ⓘ
public finance ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
voting and elections ⓘ
typeOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ

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Referenced by (34)

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Mississippi Legislature → authority → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
Mississippi Legislature → establishedBy → Mississippi Constitution of 1890 ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi Constitution
Mississippi State Senate → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi Constitution
Supreme Court of Mississippi → establishedBy → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
Supreme Court of Mississippi → jurisdiction → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
Supreme Court of Mississippi → interprets → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
Mississippi House of Representatives → authority → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
Mississippi House of Representatives → foundationBasedOn → Mississippi state constitution of 1890 ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi Constitution
Hattiesburg City Council → follows → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
Government of Mississippi → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi Constitution
MS Senate → authorityDerivedFrom → Constitution of the State of Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi Constitution
Judicial branch of the State of Mississippi → governingDocument → Constitution of the State of Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi Constitution
Judicial branch of the State of Mississippi → subjectTo → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
Mississippi Court of Appeals → hasAuthorityFrom → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
Mississippi Attorney General’s Office → subjectTo → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi → officeCreatedBy → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
Mississippi State Auditor → legalBasis → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
Mississippi National Guard → legalBasis → Constitution of the State of Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi Constitution
Hancock County government → follows → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
Governor of Mississippi → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi Constitution
State Treasurer of Mississippi → officeCreatedBy → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
Executive branch of Mississippi → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi Constitution
Commissioner of Insurance of Mississippi → legalBasis → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
State budget of Mississippi → legalBasis → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
Secretary of State of Mississippi → constitutionalBasis → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
Secretary of State of Mississippi → createdBy → Mississippi Constitution of 1890 ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi Constitution
Mississippi courts → interprets → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
Mississippi courts → operatesUnder → Mississippi Constitution of 1890 ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi Constitution
Attorney General of Mississippi → createdBy → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ
Attorney General of Mississippi → constitutionalBasis → Mississippi Constitution of 1890 ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi Constitution
Attorney General of Mississippi → legalAuthority → Mississippi Constitution ⓘ