Most people pay into insurance so that if “something goes wrong” the insurance company will take care of them. What kinds of insurance are there? How much do you need? What should you say and to whom if you are in a wreck?

Our guest is attorney Baskin Jones from Jones Law Group. https://injuredinmississippi.com/

For more information about insurance, you are encouraged to visit the website for the Mississippi Insurance Department: https://www.mid.ms.gov

There you can read about:  Automobile Insurance And You, What The Law Requires, Liability: What You Need To Know, and Tips for Keeping Costs Low

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Do you have what it takes to be a public servant? What DOES it take to be a public servant? We’ll learn how a Mississippian can run for a political office with our guest, Secretary of State Michael Watson. https://www.sos.ms.gov/

2022 Candidate Qualifying Guide https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/Elections/2022%20Candidate%20Qualifying%20Guide_FINAL.pdf

Voter Registration Tool Kit: https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/Elections/VoterRegistrationToolkit062922.pdf

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We’re pleased to welcome back from the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project, attorneys Seirra Williams and Gayla Carpenter-Sanders, Executive Director and General Counsel. They’ll tell us about their upcoming clinics and about their services. https://mvlp.org/

3/30/2021 In Legal Terms: MVLP http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-mvlp

9/24/2019 In Legal Terms: Expungements http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-expungments

Need help and qualify? https://ms.freelegalanswers.org/

https://mvlp.org/clinics

• July 29, 2022 - Hinds County Legal Clinic
• August 3, 2022 - Winston County Legal Clinic (Wills, AHD, POA)
• August 26, 2022 - Simpson County Guardianship Clinic
• September 16, 2022 - Harrison County Guardianship Clinic
• October 6, 2022 - Lafayette County Guardianship Clinic
• Sunflower & Humphreys County Legal Clinic

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Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall are all lovely seasons but fleeting. It’s always tax season though. Whether you need to finish up from last year, get the jump on this year, or just learn some new information, it’s always time for a tax show with our favorite tax guru Professor Richard Gershon of the University Of Mississippi School Of Law.

If you’ve had other folks prepare your tax returns for you, the IRS has gotten much more “user friendly” https://www.irs.gov/ has a “file your taxes for free” spot with information and links to software you can use.

The IRS is hiring 470 revenue agents who will specialize in auditing or examining both individual and business taxpayers nationwide. These positions are at grades 5-12 in the federal civil service system with a base pay ranging from $31,083 to $68,299. Throughout July, the IRS is holding a series of virtual information sessions for interested applicants. https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/special-virtual-sessions-coming-up-for-those-interested-in-compliance-positions-irs-hiring-470-revenue-agents

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What's the difference between defamation, lies, exaggeration, and free speech?

And what is permissible in the eyes of the law? Professor Gershon instructs us and takes your questions. 

Want to read more? Here are some websites:

Justice Thomas Wants The Court To ‘Reconsider’ Its First Amendment Jurisprudence     https://abovethelaw.com/2019/02/justice-thomas-wants-the-court-to-reconsider-its-first-amendment-jurisprudence/ 

New York Times Company v.Sullivan   https://www.oyez.org/cases/1963/39   

Can An Opinion Be Defamatory?   https://www.minclaw.com/legal-resource-center/what-is-defamation/can-opinion-defamatory/   

Exploring Constitutional Law    http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/lying.html

Constitution Check: Is lying ever protected by the First Amendment?  https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/constitution-check-is-lying-ever-protected-by-the-first-amendment

Defamation and Social Media: What You Need To Know   https://injury.findlaw.com/torts-and-personal-injuries/defamation-and-social-media--what-you-need-to-know.html

PARODY & SATIRE   https://www.freedomforuminstitute.org/first-amendment-center/topics/freedom-of-speech-2/arts-first-amendment-overview/parody-satire/

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One year ago, our guest on the show was Professor Yvette Butler who specializes in racial justice, economic justice, criminal system reform, civil rights, and civil liberties. When she was on the show, we discussed the then just argued Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. If you haven’t heard, the US Supreme court released its ruling. We’ll discuss that today. https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/yvette-butler/

Judge won’t block law banning most Mississippi abortions - by MPB News Published on July 5, 2022

https://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/judge-wont-block-law-banning-most-mississippi-abortions/

If you want more information on Supreme Court rulings

https://www.supremecourt.gov/

Professor Butler was a guest on our show in June of 2021 just after Dobbs v. Jackson WHO was argued. You can listen to that broadcast on our podcast to take you back to our thoughts a year ago.

http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-ms-abortion-ban-case

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Do you dream of starting your own business? Do you and some friends have an idea for a business? Our guest today is William Bettis, an Attorney with Butler Snow to answer our questions about starting a business. https://www.butlersnow.com/attorney/william-bettis/

The Mississippi Secretary of State’s office website has some information about starting a business. https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/Business/Business%20Entities%20(Clean).pdf

2/20/2018 In Legal Terms: Starting a Business http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/5cd2d695f9e59c9966257653

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We really want you to call in for this show! It's the first day of summer so we thought we’d do a lite fluffy topic: what laws should people abide by more? What ticks you off? Or you could say what laws should be enforced more?

Auto Correct: Pet Peeves YouTube podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s5CCoK2G64

• Turn signals
• Taking up more than one parking space
• The Johnson Amendment
• Corruption of government officials
• Fulling funding the IRS
• Enforcing Civil Rights laws
• Flag etiquette
• Tailgating
• Subpoenas and contempt of court
• Jury duty
• Follow laws
• Repeal mandatory sentencing laws
• Threatening statements

https://grassodefense.com/5-most-frequently-broken-laws/

https://www.herrmanandherrman.com/blog/5-driving-laws-you-didnt-know-you-were-breaking/

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We do a show on wills about 3 times a year. They allow our listeners to call in to ask an attorney a question. Our attorney today is Kelly Kyle. We’ll discuss who needs a will and what happens when you die if you don’t have a will. http://www.kyle-wynn.com/home.html

9/7/2021 In Legal Terms: Draft a Will http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-draft-a-will

2/23/2021 In Legal Terms: Advanced Healthcare Directives http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-advanced-healthcare-directives

3/31/2020 In Legal Terms: Medical Directives http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-medical-directives

Questions:

• Living trust
• Transfer upon death
• Probate
• Power of attorney
• Executor
• Death in another state
• Title transfer
• Life estate
• Power of attorney
• Joint ownership
• Trustee

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Today we'll have a discussion about the over-enforcement of misdemeanor crimes. We’ll talk about how the misdemeanor system impacts equality in the US with our two guests Professor Alexandra Natapoff, Lee S. Kreindler Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, and Professor Cliff Johnson, Director of the MacArthur Justice Center, University of Mississippi School of Law.

https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/11764/Natapoff

https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/cliff-johnson/

Punishment Without Crime: How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal by Alexandra Natapoff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd91vfE9IjM

“Racially Charged: America’s Misdemeanor Problem,” a documentary about the misdemeanor system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHnzqQIkJaM

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