Cruel and unusual? Supreme Court declines to review Mississippi voting ban for convicted felons
Voting rights experts say Mississippi’s restrictions are among the harshest because the state bans voting by first-time ...
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 convicted of certain felonies ...
Supreme Court leaves in place Mississippi’s voting bar for people convicted of some crimes
The Supreme Court has left in place Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era practice of removing voting rights from people convicted of ...
Mississippi ballot initiative restoration advances in House, again. What the bill would do
The state House of Representatives is slated to consider giving the public the right to seek ballot initiatives except on ...
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 ...
After years of controversy, the new CCID Court opens. See who the appointed judges are
Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph appointed three judges to serve the new CCID court, which is set to be ...
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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 ...
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Supreme Court declines to review Mississippi's felon voting ban
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review Mississippi's lifetime voting ban for felons, known as Section 241.
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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 ...