US Supreme Court asked to review Mississippi's felon disenfranchisement provisions
A petition was filed Friday with the US Supreme Court asking the Court to review the constitutionality of the felon disenfranchisement provision of Mississippi’s 1890 Constitution. The plaintiffs, Roy Harness and Kamal Karriem, initiated the lawsuit to challenge the felony disenfranchisement provision under the Mississippi Constitution claiming that “Section 241 from the 1890 Constitution is [...]