Constitutional Law Laws Mississippi 
JURIST
AUGUST 6, 2023
The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that an 1890 state constitutional provision permanently preventing people convicted of certain felonies from voting, Section 241, is unconstitutional. This end-justifies-means analysis has no place in constitutional law.”
Constitutional Law Reporter
DECEMBER 15, 2021
In Mississippi v. Mississippi brought an original action against Tennessee for damages and other relief related to the pumping of groundwater by the City of Memphis from the Middle Claiborne Aquifer, a valuable water resource that lies beneath eight States. Mississippi challenged the recommendation to dismiss. Tennessee, 595 U.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Constitutional Law Reporter
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
Mississippi v. Tennessee: The case involves an interstate water dispute between the states of Mississippi and Tennessee. The post Supreme Court Kicks Off Term With Oral Arguments in Five Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. Ayala , 576 U.S. 2254(d)(1), as the U.S.
Constitutional Law Reporter
MAY 3, 2021
Mississippi, 593 U.S. _ (2021) , the U.S. A Mississippi jury convicted petitioner Brett Jones of murder for killing his grandfather. A Mississippi jury convicted petitioner Brett Jones of murder for killing his grandfather. Under Mississippi law at the time, murder carried a mandatory sentence of life without parole.
JonathanTurley
MAY 25, 2021
We have been discussing the state laws requiring contractors and employees to swear that they do not support the the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (“BDS”) movement against Israel. I have long maintained that the law is unconstitutional as a limitation of free speech and associational rights. 50-5-85(b). In NAACP v.
JonathanTurley
JULY 7, 2022
Now a Harvard poll reaffirms earlier polling that shows most Americans embrace views closer to Mississippi than Michigan on abortion. Indeed, while Democratic leaders denounced the Mississippi law setting a 15-week limit on abortion, 72 percent of those polled support that limit. A poll conducted after the U.S.
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 30, 2024
The voices calling for radical change have been growing for years, including among law professors and legal commentators. Constitution “trash” and argued that we should simply just dump it. In a New York Times column, “The Constitution Is Broken and Should Not Be Reclaimed,” law professors Ryan D.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
191 
Let's personalize your content