Federal Appeals Court Upholds Mississippi Law That Restricts Certain Felons From Voting

A national appeals tribunal upheld a instrumentality successful Mississippi that bars definite convicted felons from voting successful the state. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled successful a 10–7 determination connected Aug. 24 to uphold the instrumentality aft the Mississippi Center for Justice sued connected behalf of 2 achromatic men successful the state. The lawyer for the men argued that Section 241 of the Mississippi Constitution, which lays retired ...