Mealey's (May 27, 2021, 10:46 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Counsel representing a The North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention Inc. (NAMB) filed a waiver of the 14-day waiting period on May 26, six days after the former executive director of a Baptist state convention filed his response to NAMB’s petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review of a defamation lawsuit and church autonomy decisions, seeking to expedite consideration of the documents by the U.S. Supreme Court....