Court Cases

Civil rights advocates challenged Mississippi’s 2022 state legislative district maps for unlawfully diluting the voting strength of Black Mississippians.

Civic leaders are challenging the Mississippi Supreme Court district lines that have gone unchanged for more than 35 years, because those lines dilute the voting strength of Black residents in state Supreme Court elections, in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the U.S. Constitution.

The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Mississippi, and Mississippi Center for Justice filed a lawsuit on August 11, 2020, seeking to ensure that absentee voting is more accessible to Mississippians during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ACLU of Mississippi joined a number of other advocacy organizations in an amicus brief supporting the rights of minority voters in ensuring their opportunity to vote remained preserved and uninfringed upon.