Pickering at Jones County Junior College

Former federal judge and Jones County native Charles Pickering is returning to his alma mater of Jones County Junior College Tuesday for a free lecture and book signing for students and the general public....Pickering received an associate’s degree from JCJC in 1957 before going on to the University of Mississippi where he received a law degree in 1961....The lecture and book signing will be held in the JCJC Fine Arts Auditorium at 10 a.m. The event is co-sponsored by JCJC’s newly created Charles Pickering Honors Institute and the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. For more information call Honors Institute Director Mark Taylor at 477-4030. (Read the Full Story Here)

Pickering Signs Books in Hattiesburg

WDAM: Judge Charles Pickering's failed struggle for confirmation for a position on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals is the centerpiece of a new book....A Price Too High: The Judiciary in Jeopardy, is the story of Judge Pickering's 4-year odyssey through the often-contenious, Senate confirmation process....Tonight, Judge Pickering signed copies of the book at Hattiesburg's Main Street Books. "Abortion was the engine that drove the opposition," said Judge Pickering. "They were so determined to keep the right to abortion on demand, that they were willing to destroy reputations and people," Pickering said. (Read the Full Story Here)

Hattiesburg

Judge Charles Pickering will sign copies of his book “A Price Too High: The Judiciary in Jeopardy” from 5-7 p.m. Sept. 6 at Main Street Books, 210 N. Main St. in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.