‘Make it happen’: Mississippi Legislature pushes to ban DEI as political pressure mounts
With President Donald Trump elevating bans of diversity, equity and inclusion programs to the top of national Republicans’ ...
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“Cruel and unusual? Supreme Court declines to review Mississippi voting ban for convicted felons”
The Supreme Court declined Monday to decide whether a permanent voting ban on people convicted of felonies in Mississippi is cruel and unusual punishment. The court, in 2023, had also rejected a ...
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Mississippi’s permanent felony voting ban returns to the court
The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. In 1974, the Supreme Court ruled t ...
The News-Gazette21h
Timeline: Mississippi's Racial Voter Intimidation History
Jackson, MS () Mississippi has a long history of voter suppression. An 1890 rule that permanently strips people convicted of certain crimes of their right to ...
The Hill3d
Supreme Court won’t weigh Mississippi’s voting ban for felons
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not consider whether a Mississippi law banning people ... been asked to overturn the state’s voting ban for some felonies, though the cases used ...
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US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Mississippi lifetime ban on voting by felons
The provision was adopted in 1890 during Jim Crow era Lower court rejected a lawsuit challenging the policy Plaintiffs argued that the policy violates US Constitution Jan 27 (Reuters) - The U.S ...
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Cruel and unusual? Supreme Court declines to review Mississippi voting ban for convicted felons
WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court declined Monday to decide whether a permanent voting ban on people convicted of felonies in Mississippi is cruel and unusual punishment. The court, in 2023 ...