The ACLU of MS has joined the ACLU, affiliates in Texas and Louisiana, and IDRA to file a friend-of-the-court brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in support of Darryl George, who was suspended from Barbers Hill ISD in Mont Belvieu, Texas, for wearing his hair in long locs.

Today, the Mississippi House of Representatives, with very little notice, and without public viewing or input, passed new legislative maps. The process of reshaping legislative districts—something affecting the democratic voice of every Mississippian—should be open and transparent. 

HB 1197 unlawfully infringes on the constitutional right to freedom of speech and threatens to penalize indigent people for their poverty.

Attorneys representing Black Mississippi voters presented proposed maps of voting districts that would meet all requirements to fulfill a recent federal court order.

ACLU of Mississippi Executive Director, Jarvis Dortch, responds to election of Donald Trump

The Mississippi House and Senate Minority Caucuses will hold a joint hearing on Tuesday, October 15 at 1:00 p.m. CDT to recommend policy changes to Mississippi’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and ways the state can expand assistance to those in need.

Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi (ACLU-MS) and Harvard Election Law Clinic filed a lawsuit challenging a racially discriminatory electoral map in DeSoto County, Mississippi.

Federal Court Orders Mississippi’s State Legislative Maps to Be Redrawn