Last night, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), MacArthur Justice Center, Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ), and ACLU of Mississippi (ACLU-MS) filed a brief in the Mississippi Supreme Court to reverse the...
Lawsuit challenges bill that blocks most Mississippians from helping friends, neighbors deliver absentee ballots
Plaintiffs say plain language of Constitution supports their claims.
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The suit, filed in the Chancery Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, argues that the Mississippi Legislature violated Section 208 of the State Constitution by appropriating $10 million to private schools. The State Constitution requires that taxpayer money must be spent only on public “free schools.”
