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Supreme Court declines to review Mississippi voting ban for convicted felons; Mississippi is one of eleven states that dont automatically restore voting rights after convicted felons finish their sentences.” “Cruel and unusual? ” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.
Mississippi civic leaders Monday filed a lawsuit against the Mississippi Supreme Court claiming that the state is violating the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the US Constitution. J ustice Leslie King is the fourth Black justice to sit on the Mississippi Supreme Court.
A federal appeals court on Monday temporarily blocked Mississippi officials from creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson. ” Jackson, Mississippi had the nation’s highest per-capita homicide rate in 2021. Article III standing is required for plaintiffs in federal court.
The US Supreme Court Monday unanimously sided with Tennessee in a groundwater dispute with Mississippi. The dispute arose out of a Mississippi suit which alleged that the city of Memphis, Tennessee had wrongfully taken water from the Middle Claiborne Aquifer. The state must abide by the doctrine of equitable apportionment.
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case challenging a Mississippi felon voter disenfranchisement law. The post US federal appeals court hears oral arguments in Mississippi felony disenfranchisement case appeared first on JURIST - News.
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit agreed on Thursday to reconsider a decision from August that a provision of the Mississippi Constitution that permanently prevents people convicted of certain felonies from voting is unconstitutional. The court’s order vacated the previous decision until the matter is resolved.
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 is a huge win in the fight to restore dignity and respect to the voice of the disenfranchised voter in Mississippi.”
Wingate temporarily blocked a Mississippi law Tuesday that made it illegal to “knowingly collect and transmit a ballot that was mailed to another person,” with a few exceptions. The case is in the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi’s Northern Division. District Judge Henry T.
The last of the six members of the Mississippi law enforcement group known as the “Goon Squad,” Joshua Hartfield, was sentenced to just over ten years in prison on Thursday for his involvement in the January 2023 torturing of two Black men. On Wednesday, the same court sentenced Daniel Opdyke and Christian Dedmon to 17.5
A petition was filed Friday with the US Supreme Court asking the Court to review the constitutionality of the felon disenfranchisement provision of Mississippi’s 1890 Constitution. ” Harness and Karriem were convicted of forgery and embezzlement in Mississippi.
Share Confirming expectations, the Supreme Court on Monday unanimously denied Mississippi’s claim that Tennessee is stealing its groundwater. For this state-level version of a trespass, Mississippi sought over $600 million in damages. As the court confirmed last year in Florida v.
“State elections official: Winner of Supreme Court race likely won’t be declared for several days.” ” Taylor Vance of Mississippi Today has this report. Grant McLaughlin of The Clarion Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi reports that “ MS Supreme Court race neck and neck; Vote counting expected into next week; St.
A US federal court dismissed a Republican National Committee (RNC) challenge on Sunday to a Mississippi law that allows validly cast mail-in votes to be counted for up to five business days after election day. ” The Mississippi law requires that mail-in ballots be sealed and postmarked on or before election day.
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.
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied an injunction Thursday against a Mississippi law that created a state-run court district in the state’s capital of Jackson. The court held that the plaintiffs in the case had failed to show standing to maintain a case for a preliminary injunction.
Mississippi Rule of Evidence 803(18) provides an exception to the rule against hearsay for A statement contained in a treatise, periodical, or pamphlet if: (A) the statement is called to the attention of an expert witness on cross-examination or relied.
A federal judge ruled Sunday that Mississippi officials can create the planned state-run court in Jackson, the state capital, where the majority of residents are Black, despite objections from the NAACP. ” The original lawsuit accuses Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves and other state officials of unfairly singling out Jackson.
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in person on Monday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the court in March 2020. The first case the justices heard was Mississippi v. In oral argument, however, the justices seemed skeptical of Mississippi’s claim that equitable apportionment should not apply.
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.
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.
Mississippi Rule of Evidence 702 provides that A witness who is qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify in the form of an opinion or otherwise if: (a) the experts scientific, technical, or other.
“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.” In his dissenting opinion , Circuit Judge James E.
The right to counsel is “tenuous” in a small Mississippi justice court in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, where two judges appointed lawyers for felony defendants in…
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“An ad supporting Jenifer Branning finds imaginary liberals on the Mississippi Supreme Court”: Bobby Harrison of Mississippi Today has this news analysis.
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.
“Mississippi asks the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report on the Brief for Petitioners that the State of Mississippi filed today in the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Mississippi Supreme Court orders 3rd trial in car crash case”: Emily Wagster Pettus of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Mississippi issued Thursday. The dissenting opinions discuss a notable issue of appellate recusal.
Some of those courts violate state rules by failing to require law enforcement to return search warrants and related documents. Other courts keep search warrant records but won’t let the public see them, defying well-established jurisprudence.
Similar to its federal counterpart, Mississippi Rule of Evidence 804(b)(3) provides an exception to the rule against hearsay for A statement that: (A) a reasonable person in the declarant’s position would have made only if the person believed it to.
Similar to its federal counterpart, Mississippi Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(C) provides an exclusion to the rule against hearsay when The declarant testifies and is subject to cross-examination about a prior statement, and the statement: (C) identifies a person as someone.
“Mississippi voting rights case is argued at US appeals court”: Emily Wagster Pettus of The Associated Press has this report. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link. ” You can access the audio of today’s en banc oral argument of the U.S.
Similar to its federal counterpart, Mississippi Rule of Evidence 606(b) provides as follows: (b) During an Inquiry into the Validity of a Verdict or Indictment. (1) 1) Prohibited Testimony or Other Evidence. During an inquiry into the validity of a verdict.
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.
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.'
The US Supreme Court on Thursday, in a 5-4 decision, allowed the enforcement of an Arizona election law requiring prospective voters to provide “satisfactory evidence of citizenship” upon registering to vote. The Supreme Court’s order on Thursday vacated this decision and allowed the provision to go into effect.
Share Less than two months after oral argument, in its first interstate groundwater case, the Supreme Court unanimously decided that Mississippi must rely on a doctrine known as equitable apportionment if it wants to sue Tennessee over the shared Middle Claiborne Aquifer. As expected, the court’s opinion in Mississippi v.
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.
“The Supreme Court effectively abolishes the right to mass protest in three US states; It is no longer safe to organize a protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.
“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.
“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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