Maria on Nostr: 130 years ago, Mississippi said the quiet part out loud about maintaining white ...

130 years ago, Mississippi said the quiet part out loud about maintaining white supremacy in the state through disenfranchising the Black population. Today a 2-1 majority of a panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said that lifetime voting bans for felonies violates the United States Constitution. The ruling only applies to the circuit (Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi) unless SCOTUS decides the same.

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/35243/mississippis-lifetime-felony-voting-ban-unconstitutional-appeals-court-rules