27 Apr MCJ Files Emergency Motion Requesting Eviction Moratorium

Posted at April 27, 2020 in Blog by Dana Thomas

Friday, April 24, 2020, the Mississippi Center for Justice Housing Campaign filed an Emergency Motion (read the motion here) requesting the Mississippi Supreme Court institute a moratorium on evictions during the Coronavirus pandemic. This effort is made in an attempt to stop the expected and...

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15 Apr Mississippi Lawmakers Should Oppose Waivers for Students with Disabilities

Posted at April 15, 2020 in Blog by Dana Thomas

  Amelia Huckins is the Equal Justice Works Fellow at the Mississippi Center for Justice, a public service law firm that fights discrimination, economic, and social injustice through legal representation, policy advocacy, and community education.    The CARES Act’s provision allowing the U.S. Department of Education to recommend...

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15 Apr Decades of Systemic Discrimination Create Perfect Storm for Destruction

Posted at April 15, 2020 in Blog by Dana Thomas

Vangela M. Wade is the president and CEO of the Mississippi Center for Justice, a public service law firm that fights discrimination, economic, and social injustice through legal representation, policy advocacy, and community education.    New data from the Mississippi Department of Health reveals that COVID-19 is...

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29 Jan Supreme Court Allows President Trump’s Cruelest New Immigration Rule to Move Forward

Posted at January 29, 2020 in Blog by Dana Thomas

The Trump Administration has spent three years trying to erect a wealth test for green cards. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the...

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24 Dec Leveling Power in the Courtroom – Some Reflections

Posted at December 24, 2019 in Blog by Dana Thomas

In the summer of 2019, the Mississippi Center for Justice took on a capital murder case, something it had not done before in its history. Rob McDuff, who directs our Impact Litigation Project and who had co-founded MCJ in 2003, was asked to serve as...

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16 Dec Mississippi Prisoner Curtis Flowers Granted Bail After Six Trials, 22 Years in Prison, and SCOTUS Victory

Posted at December 16, 2019 in Blog by Reilly Morse

Today in the Montgomery County Courthouse in Winona, Mississippi, Circuit Judge Joseph Loper granted the bail motion of Mississippi prisoner Curtis Flowers.  Mr. Flowers has been tried six times for the same crime, and has been incarcerated since 1997, most of it on death row.  Two of...

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16 Dec Order Granting Bail to Curtis Flowers

Posted at December 16, 2019 in Blog by Dana Thomas

The Circuit Court Order Granting Bail to Curtis Flowers appears below. ...

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21 Nov UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE “IMMIGRATION RAIDS: IMPACTS AND AFTERMATH ON MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITIES”

Posted at November 21, 2019 in Blog by Dana Thomas

Read MCJ Immigration attorney Amelia McGowan’s written testimony to the United States Homeland Security Committee hearing that was held on November 7. ...

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04 Nov On Up the Road – 2019 Great Mississippi Road Trip

Posted at November 04, 2019 in Blog by Dana Thomas

As our guests stepped aboard the bus, it seemed that we were placing a bet with each other about the Great Mississippi Road Trip. Will people connect with all this? Will the threads tie together? Will we be ready when the hard truths emerge? This...

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31 Oct Could My Child Have a Disability? A Parent Primer.

Posted at October 31, 2019 in Blog by Jeremy Eisler

One of the most common scenarios I encounter as an education attorney is when a child gets suspended or expelled but is not currently receiving special education services. A quick look at the child’s school records reveals that the child likely has a disability for...

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