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25 Dec 2014, 2:31 am by Human Rights at Home Blog
: On December 16, 2014, the Jackson, Mississippi City Council unanimously passed a resolution to create a Human Rights Charter and Commission that will support Jackson becoming the first Human Rights City in the historic South. [read post]
21 Oct 2022, 7:01 am by Associated Press
The post EPA civil rights case targets Mississippi over Jackson water first appeared on Maryland Daily Record. [read post]
” According to Maloney and Thompson, the “Jackson water crisis was a disaster waiting to happen, and it will not be resolved unless we address generational disinvestment in majority-Black cities. [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 3:43 pm
With approximately 11,500 residents, Byram rests comfortably to the south of Jackson, Mississippi. [read post]
    The post Federal judge rules in favor of creating Mississippi state-run court in capital city appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
A federal appeals court on Monday temporarily blocked Mississippi officials from creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson. [read post]
The post US appeals court denies injunction for Mississippi state-run court law in capital city appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
31 Aug 2012, 4:07 am
The Mississippi Supreme Court recently announced that it would uphold a decision that a local judge in Hinds County, Mississippi made a mistake when determining how much money the city of Jackson was obligated to pay in an injury case involving a police chase. [read post]
24 May 2019, 2:02 pm by Ruthann Robson
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law In an opinion in Jackson Women's Health Organization v. [read post]
23 Nov 2018, 10:04 am by Ruthann Robson
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law In an opinion in Jackson Women's Health Organization v. [read post]
29 Jul 2014, 12:30 pm by Lyle Denniston
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on Tuesday that a two-year-old state law regulating clinics cannot be enforced against that facility in the city of Jackson. [read post]
8 Feb 2023, 12:41 pm by Rick Hasen
Mississippi Today: A white supermajority of the Mississippi House voted after an intense, four-plus hour debate to create a separate court system and an expanded police force within the city of Jackson — the Blackest city in America — that… Continue reading The post “‘Only in Mississippi’: White representatives vote to create white-appointed court system for Blackest city in America” appeared… [read post]
9 Dec 2020, 10:30 pm by Mitra Sharafi
From the publisher: Minutes after midnight on May 15, 1970, white members of the Jackson city police and the Mississippi Highway Patrol opened fire on young people in front of a women's dormitory at Jackson State College, a historically black college in Jackson, Mississippi, discharging "buckshot, rifle slugs, a submachine gun, carbines with military ammunition, and two 30.06 rifles loaded with armor-piercing bullets. [read post]
23 Sep 2023, 2:58 pm by Rick Hasen
AP: The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday struck down part of a state law that would have authorized some circuit court judges to be appointed rather than elected in the capital city of Jackson and the surrounding county, which are… Continue reading The post “Mississippi high court blocks appointment of some judges in majority-Black capital city and county” appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 9:27 am
Jackson, just like other cities, has an obligation to maintain its roads and sidewalks for safe use. [read post]