Mississippi Cannabis Case Could Deem Other Laws Unconstitutional

The Mississippi Supreme Court will ponder the definition of a congressional district as it considers whether a medical cannabis ballot initiative wrongly went to voters.

Chief Justice Michael Randolph pulled out a dictionary during Wednesday’s oral arguments as he questioned Justin Matheny of the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office about the state’s practice of using a four-district map to send representatives to Congress and a five-district map, as enshrined in state law, for other purposes.

“If the words are clear, commonly accepted, why do I go anywhere else to go look at statute or arguments about policy?” Randolph said. “What license ...