The state Supreme Court has concluded a lengthy judicial process that began two years ago when three veteran Shelby County commissioners sued to overturn a 1994 referendum term-limiting them out of power. The decision means the end of the line for their days on the County Commission for plaintiffs Walter Bailey, Cleo Kirk, and Julian Bolton. Bailey and Kirk, have filed for reelection this year and were listed on the ballot. (Bolton has talked of entering the race for Congress in the 9th District.)

The Court overruled a state appellate court’s temporary stay and sustained Chancellor Tene Alissandratos’ earlier judgment against the plaintiffs. It found that there was “no compelling reason” to interfere with the rights of a “chartered county” to “impose term limits on the members of a legislative branch.”

So what will they do? Allow us to recommend a nice movie.

Survey USA provides monthly polling numbers on various issues, state by state. The latest approval/disapproval polling on President Bush shows some startling reversals of fortune. There are only four states as of March 15th in which a majority of Americans “approve” of the job President Bush is doing.

In Arkansas, Bush has fallen 28 points since November, to a 34 percent approval rating. In Tennessee, things aren’t much better for W, at 39 percent. But Mississippi? Those folks still loves them some Bush — barely: 49 percent of Magnolia Staters approve the Prez, versus 47 percent who disapprove.

C’mon, Mississippi! Time to catch up with the rest of the country.