With the court's 4-3 conservative majority on the line, the winner of the April 4 election will likely be the deciding vote in any challenge to the law.
“The city of Jackson does not just belong to the citizens of Jackson, it's Mississippi's capital city. And it belongs to the state of Mississippi, to the people of Mississippi,” bill sponsor Rep. Trey Lamar told Yahoo News.
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