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The Mississippi State Permit Board failed in its duties when it rubber stamped the Port Authority’s plan to build a military facility near Black community, allowed unresolved concerns about the potential for explosives storage near homes, and ignored demands for more suitable locations.
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 dismissal of a lawsuit challenging H.B. 1020.
Lawsuit challenges bill that blocks most Mississippians from helping friends, neighbors deliver absentee ballots
Plaintiffs say plain language of Constitution supports their claims.
Lawsuit Says Circuit Judges Must Be Elected and CCID Court is Illegitimate
Mississippi governor signs laws to disenfranchise, disempower, and over-police Jackson residents