Above The Law

MAY 23, 2023

The post Judge Prevents Mississippi From Creating White-Elected Courts For Black Counties… For Now appeared first on Above the Law. Shouts out to Henry Wingate.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal by Johnson & Johnson seeking to halt lawsuits alleging that the company failed to warn consumers of the dangers posed by talcum powder in their products. Because the FDA did not require a warning label, Johnson & Johnson argues that Mississippi is barred from suing the company.

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2022

The voting margins in both chambers are considered “veto-proof,” enough to override a governor’s veto should Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves refuse to sign. It was quickly vetoed by the Mississippi Supreme Court, prompting lawmakers to work on drafting a medical marijuana bill.

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JURIST

JULY 19, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reaffirmed Thursday that a section of the Mississippi Constitution that banned felons from voting for life did not violate the Eighth or Fourteenth Amendments to the US Constitution and was thereby constitutional. In a landmark US Supreme Court case from the 1970s, Richarson v.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

“Court: Mississippi can continue blocking felons from voting.” ” And Ashton Pittman of Mississippi Free Press has a report headlined “ ‘A Wrong Never Righted’: Court Upholds Mississippi’s 1890 Jim Crow Voting Law.” Graves, Jr.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Mississippi can continue to bar more than 10 percent of its citizens from voting, maintaining a Jim Crow-era provision that bars Mississippians convicted of felonies from taking part in elections, reports the Daily Journal.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

The judges who preside over these courtrooms are similar to justices of the peace in other states and are not required to have a law degree. Some of those courts violate state rules by failing to require law enforcement to return search warrants and related documents.

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JURIST

JUNE 17, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled on Friday that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) adequately evaluated emission impacts when it approved a gas pipeline expansion in Pennsylvania and New York, allowing the project to move forward.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 12, 2021

Madison, Mississippi Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler is challenging Initiative 65 in court.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The post Mississippi Proves Civil Rights Lawyer’s Point With Sham Arrest And Trial appeared first on Above the Law. I look forward to the judge's resignation.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

“Mississippi District Attorney Doug Evans Sued for Engineering the Wrongful Prosecution of Curtis Flowers; The landmark lawsuit was brought on behalf of Flowers by the Mississippi Center for Justice and the Hogan Lovells law firm”: The Mississippi Center for Justice issued this news release yesterday.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The post I Did Not Have Mississippi Creating Whites-Only Courts On My Black History Month Bingo Card appeared first on Above the Law. You don't understand — this isn't blatant racism and segregation, it's tradition and heritage.'

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LegalReader

MAY 6, 2022

There’s no point in having the children express their wish to live with you as Mississippi courts do not have to take their will into consideration.

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JUNE 12, 2024

“Fifth Circuit Judge Moving States, But No Plans to Retire; Leslie Southwick moving chambers from Mississippi to Texas; No circuit approval needed to change court locations”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

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JANUARY 23, 2024

“Conservative Appeals Judges Question Felon Voting Ban Claims; Mississippi prohibits certain felons from ever voting again; En banc Fifth Circuit hears claim that ban cruel and unusual”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The Mississippi House of Representatives has passed a bill that will form a court system of unelected judges and prosecutors to preside over part of the majority-Black city of Jackson, the Capitol Complex Improvement District, Kiara Alfonseca reports for ABC News.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? Colorado courts have a dedicated page for "Efiling for Non-Attorneys" at: [link] There are links to forms and video/written tutorials listed. We share what we found below.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

Supreme Court to dismiss lawsuit claiming Jim Crow laws harm public education”: Bobby Harrison of Mississippi Today has this report. “Fitch to ask U.S.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The former director of advocacy at the Mississippi College School of Law claims in a recent federal court filing she was constructively terminated from the…

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Share Mississippi v. Tennessee is not only the Supreme Court’s first oral argument of the 2021-22 term, but it is also the first time that states have asked the court to weigh in on how they should share an interstate aquifer. Like most original jurisdiction water cases, Mississippi v.

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MAY 19, 2022

“A federal appeals court says the S.E.C.’s Jody Godoy of Reuters reports that “ SEC in-house judges violate right to jury trial, appeals court rules.” ” Jennifer Bennett of Bloomberg Law reports that “ SEC In-House Hearing Violates Right to Jury, Fifth Cir.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The treaty eventually led to the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation from its land east of the Mississippi and the deaths of many Cherokee Natives on the Trail of Tears. Native American Law Professor Lindsay Roberts, and legislative attorney from the Congressional Research Service Mainon Schwartz.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 1, 2021

Supreme Court’s April decision on Jones v. Mississippi , the majority of justices made it much easier for teens who commit serious crimes to pay with the rest of their lives. At the heart of the Court’s recent decision was a terrible murder committed by a Mississippi resident, Brett Jones, when he was 15 years old.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2023

An increasing number of Americans now believe US Supreme Court decision-making is based more on political ideology than the rule of law. Evidence that this disturbing trend is true can be found when taking a closer look at the shift in how the Court has dealt with juvenile cases dating back to 2005.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Share The first oral argument of the Supreme Court’s new term, Mississippi v. Tennessee , dealt with Mississippi’s claim that Memphis, Tennessee, is stealing Mississippi’s groundwater. Coghlan argued that the groundwater extraction created a cone of depression that physically entered into Mississippi.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2024

Garland also expressed hope that the release of the investigation’s findings would lead toward progress in improving relations between marginalized communities and law enforcement as well as provide a launch pad for institutional reform. Arizona is no stranger to the use of questionable police tactics.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The post Not Really Sure How Mississippi’s Public Defender Program Has Worked The Last Two Decades appeared first on Above the Law. It's like the biggest rule breaker is the government or something.

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The Crime Report

MAY 18, 2021

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court in Jones v. Mississippi ruled judges do not need to make a factual finding of “permanent incorrigibility” when deciding to sentence a juvenile offender to life in prison without the possibility of parole. But the majority of the court unraveled this holding. In Miller v.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Scholars have argued that the Supreme Court, under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts, has applied a color-blind analysis to the law, churning out opinions that privilege white people, reinforce police power, and fortify carceral systems. While the opinions the court delivered in Buck v. Mississippi , and Ramos v.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 9, 2021

EDT, the American Bar Association will host a webinar reviewing major criminal law cases of the current term (including Van Buren v. Mississippi , and Edwards v. The post ABA’s annual Supreme Court review: Criminal cases appeared first on SCOTUSblog. United States , Jones v. The panel, moderated by Rory Little of U.C.

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JURIST

JULY 12, 2024

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on Thursday mostly upheld a lower court’s decision that prevents the rejection of absentee ballots with address variations for upcoming elections. Under Wisconsin law, absentee ballots require completion in the presence of a witness, who would then sign it and provide their address.

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JURIST

APRIL 20, 2024

Everyone must be accountable under the law.” In March, a fourth sheriff’s deputy was sentenced for the January 2023 beating and torture of two Black men in Mississippi as part of the self-titled “Goon Squad.” It is not aligned with our values of honor, integrity and service.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

“Domestic Abusers Have Gun Rights Too, US Appeals Court Rules; Court vacates conviction of Texas man tied to five shootings; Ruling is latest fallout from US Supreme Court landmark ruling”: Erik Larson of Bloomberg News has this report. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 5, 2023

A Mississippi inmate’s habeas appeal is doomed because of U.S. Supreme Court decisions remarking that federal courts have discretion to deny relief as “law and…

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Above The Law

APRIL 25, 2022

* Meaning what you say: Climate change activist self-immolated in front of the Supreme Court on Earth Day. Nixing the 77%: Mississippi now requires that women be paid the same amount as men for the same work. And Mississippi is also banning vaccination mandates. . appeared first on Above the Law. Independent ]. *

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 18, 2022

While most Americans believe arrested people go to court soon after their arrest, Constitutional guarantees of a “fair and speedy trial” are infrequently honored in our under-resourced criminal justice system, according to a study produced by the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center at the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.

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JULY 7, 2023

“How long will Americans put up with the court’s originalism?” ” Online at The Washington Post, columnist Ruth Marcus has an essay that begins, “Lower-court judges are bound to follow the law as decreed by the Supreme Court. Reeves of Mississippi.” District Judge Carlton W.

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