28 Oct

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 28, 2022 Contact: Courtney Farrell, comms-mcj@rabengroup.com, (989) 572-8162 Mississippi Center for Justice is Filing Petition With U.S. Supreme Court to Review Challenge to Racist Felon Disfranchisement Provision in Mississippi’s 1890 Constitution Jackson, MS— Today the Mississippi Center for Justice is filing a petition with the...

13 Oct

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For Immediate Release October 13, 2022  Contact: Nik Sibley, comms-mcj@rabengroup.com, 850-345-7092 Hearing Update: The Illegal Funneling of $10 Million in Public Funds to Private Schools Today, the Hinds County Chancery Court ruled that the Mississippi Legislature illegally attempted to funnel $10 million in public funds into private schools. The...

06 Oct

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 2022 Press Contacts: Mississippi Center for Justice Courtney Farrell, comms-mcj@rabengroup.com, 989-572-8162 MacArthur Justice Center Cliff Johnson, cliff.johnson@macarthurjustice.org, 601-940-1357 Mississippi Alliance for Public Safety (MAPS) Lea Campbell, contactmsrising@gmail.com, 228-219-1548 MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR JUSTICE & MACARTHUR JUSTICE CENTER SECURE COURT OVERSIGHT TO OVERHAUL JACKSON POLICE ROADBLOCK POLICY JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI – Today, the...

24 Aug

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2022 Contact: comms-mcj@rabengroup.com Federal Court of Appeals Upholds Mississippi’s 1890 Felon Disfranchisement Law Mississippi Center for Justice plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court   Jackson, MS— Today the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a provision in Mississippi’s racist 1890 Constitution that permanently...

20 Dec

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A PDF of the letter can be found here. The full text is below.   Dear Secretary Walsh:    We are writing to you regarding our concerns about the U.S. Department of Labor’s administration and oversight of the temporary agricultural guestworker program, also known as the H-2A program.    American agricultural...

16 Dec

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‘Unchecked Culture of Abuse’: Immigrant Rights Coalition Demands Federal Intervention Amid ICE Field Office’s Anti-Blackness and Life-Endangering Violations   As civil rights division opens unprecedented investigation into the New Orleans ICE Field Office, survivors and immigrants’ rights organizations call for closures and releases   NEW ORLEANS –– A coalition...

10 Dec

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Mississippi Center for Justice – Co-Counsel for Mississippi’s Only Abortion Provider – Issues Statements on Supreme Court Ruling on “Bounty Hunter” Texas Abortion Law    Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued decisions in two cases challenging Texas’ ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy (S.B. 8), ending two of the most promising...