WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won’t order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the state’s redistricting. The Mississippi NAACP had challenged the state’s 2011 state elections because the Legislature did not immediately use the 2010 census to draw new district lines in 2011. The state House and Senate instead [...]
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(VIDEO) Oliver Diaz on Voting Rights Act
April 15, 2013
Former state justice Oliver Diaz talks about recent analysis of the Voting Rights Act.
‘26’ backers see amendment as ‘kill shot’ to abortion in U.S.
October 6, 2011
Legal scholars who have studied the proposed “personhood” amendment to the Mississippi Constitution can agree on this: They have a much better idea of what the sweeping amendment could do than what it will do. They also agree that if passed Nov. 8, lawyers representing opponents of the anti-abortion measure will be in federal court [...]
May 20, 2013
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