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A federal court today ruled that Mississippi’s Supreme Court district lines must be redrawn to ensure Black voters have an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice.
A federal judge ruled in favor of educators and students who are challenging certain provisions of Mississippi’s anti-DEI law, HB 1193, holding that the provisions violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
The ACLU of Mississippi and its partners filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of state's anti-DEI law, HB 1193. According to the complaint, it violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, the ACLU, and local partners launched the Seven States Safety Campaign today, filing coordinated public records requests to uncover police misconduct in Rankin County, MS and six other states.
The People's Advocacy Institute (PAI) and Mississippi Poor People's Campaign (MS-PPC) filed a motion today seeking to modify the 2022 Interim Stipulated Order that placed Jackson's water system under the control of an Interim Third-Party Manager (ITPM).
LEXINGTON, Miss. – The ACLU-MS, JULIAN and Paul Hoffman of UC Irvine School of Law Defending Democracy Clinic and Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, filed a complaint against the City of Lexington, two Lexington Police Department officers, and the Chief of Police.