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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.
On Friday, March 31, the Mississippi Legislature passed a controversial bill that would create a separate, unelected court over parts of Jackson, Mississippi, the state capital.
On Wednesday, April 19, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed House Bill 1310, a bill that outlines post-election audits and steps to remove voters from the rolls.
On Wednesday, March 22, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) signed Senate Bill 2358 into law, which makes it a crime to collect and submit mail-in ballots on behalf of others.
On Tuesday, Feb. 21, the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on a lawsuit regarding the constitutionality of Mississippi’s congressional map drawn with 2020 census data.