{"id":32464,"date":"2014-10-24T17:26:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T16:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=32464"},"modified":"2014-10-24T17:26:38","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T16:26:38","slug":"supreme-court-sacks-delta-assembly-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/supreme-court-sacks-delta-assembly-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Sacks Delta Assembly Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color: #262626;\">\n<div>The Supreme Court Friday in a unanimous ruling ordered Hon. 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