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On Thursday, Sept. 21, the Mississippi Supreme Court struck down a portion of House Bill 1020, a recently enacted Mississippi law that targets Jackson’s majority-Black population.
On Friday, Aug. 4, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a Jim Crow era provision of the Mississippi Constitution that permanently disenfranchised Mississippians with certain felony convictions.
On Tuesday, July 25, a federal judge temporarily blocked Senate Bill 2358, a recently enacted Mississippi law that limits who can assist voters with disabilities in returning their completed mail-in ballots.
On Wednesday, July 12, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sought permission to participate in a federal lawsuit challenging a set of recently enacted Mississippi laws.
On Thursday, June 6, the Mississippi Supreme Court heard oral argument in a lawsuit challenging House Bill 1020, a recently enacted law that targets the state capital of Jackson’s majority-Black population.
On Friday, June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a petition seeking review of Mississippi’s strict felony disenfranchisement provision that was enshrined in the state’s 1890 constitution.
On Wednesday, May 31, Disability Rights Mississippi, the League of Women Voters of Mississippi and three voters filed a federal lawsuit challenging anti-voting law, Senate Bill 2358.
On Monday, May 15, a Mississippi judge dismissed a state-level lawsuit challenging House Bill 1020, a recently enacted law that targets Jackson’s majority-Black population.
On Monday, April 24, three Jackson, Mississippi residents filed a lawsuit challenging a recently enacted law, House Bill 1020, that targets Jackson’s majority-Black population.
On Friday, April 21, the NAACP, Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP, Jackson City Branch of the NAACP and six residents of Jackson, Mississippi filed a federal lawsuit challenging two recently enacted laws that target Jackson’s majority-Black population.