Courts & rulings
Mississippi · highest court
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Elected (nonpartisan)
Chief: By seniority: the justice with the longest continuous service serves as chief justice; the next two most-senior justices serve as presiding justices..
Justices
All judges & justices →- Michael K. Randolph
- Leslie D. King
- Josiah D. Coleman
- David M. Ishee
- Kenneth Griffis
- Jenifer B. Branning
- David Sullivan
Roster as of 2026-06-13.
Constitution of the State of Mississippi
Adopted 1890. Its declaration of rights sits in Article 3 (Bill of Rights). This court has the final word on what the Mississippi constitution means.
Lockstep with the federal Constitution
How a state reads its own rights provisions relative to the federal floor, lockstep vs departure.
State-court structure and selection methods are from official and reference sources; the justice roster is point-in-time. Civibrief carries each state's highest court (lower state courts are out of scope for now).