‘The Constitution Stood Strong’: Mississippi Supreme Court Partially Strikes Down Bill That Would Allow Special Circuit Court Judges In Jackson to be Appointed Rather Than Elected
The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that part of a controversial measure that allowed the state to appoint four unelected special circuit court judges in the majority-Black city of Jackson to oversee the city’s crime and policing is unconstitutional. State supreme court justices struck down part of the measure that allowed the Chief Justice to appoint…
