Mississippi, Supreme Court
US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Mississippi lifetime ban on voting by felons
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to Mississippi's lifetime ban on voting by people convicted of a wide range of felonies, a policy adopted in 1890 during the Jim Crow era that stands as one of the toughest such restrictions in the nation.
The state House of Representatives is slated to consider giving the public the right to seek ballot initiatives except on abortion and other issues.
Birthing centers, chemical dependency facilities, and more could be exempted from CON under the legislation approved by a ...
Previous House proposals also would bar voters from considering abortion issues. However, the Senate has blocked voters regaining any right to ballot initiatives.
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not consider whether a Mississippi law banning people convicted of certain felonies from voting should be overturned. The Jim Crow-era practice extends ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era practice of removing voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, including nonviolent crimes ...
MISSISSIPPI, (WCBI) – The U.S. Supreme Court is taking zero action on Mississippi’s voting laws. A group of people who ...
Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph appointed three judges to serve the new CCID court, which is set to be possibly ...
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