Jay Hughes, D.Oxford, filed suit to stop Speaker Philip Gunn (R-Clinton) from using a computer program that could read the text of bills. Any member of the House can request that the clerk read aloud bills under House rules. In protest of Gunn’s actions, several Democrats requested that bills be read this year. In March, Hinds County Circuit Judge Winston Kidd sided with Hughes, issuing a temporary-restraining order. This order was dissolved by the state’s highest court without explanation. Justices stated in a May 9 order that they would like to hear oral arguments on why the judicial branch should be involved in the operations of the Legislature, another branch of government. Jim Kitchens and Justice Leslie King disapproved of the en banc order, arguing that the case should be heard in the trial courts. The hearing is set for July 19.