Election Law Blog10d
“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 ...
Mississippi House advances bill that would ban DEI in public schools
Mississippi House Republicans advanced a bill that would shutter DEI programs in all of the state’s public schools, ban ...
SCOTUSblog12d
Mississippi’s permanent felony voting ban returns to the court
Widespread at the time, that practice has since fallen out of favor in many states, although a minority still disenfranchise people who commit serious, non-election-related ... appeals ruled that ...
The Hill10d
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 ...
DEI soon to be DOA? Mississippi lawmakers aim to ban program in state’s universities
With President Donald Trump elevating bans of diversity, equity and inclusion programs to the top of national Republicans’ education agenda, Mississippi lawmakers are working to shutter DEI across the ...
Reuters10d
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 ...
USA Today10d
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 ...