Supreme Court Upholds Voting Restrictions with Racist Roots in Mississippi

The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to a Mississippi constitutional amendment aimed at preventing Black people from voting.
The court declined to hear an appeal arguing that the law violates the U.S. Constitution's promise of equal protection under the law.
Mississippi's felon disenfranchisement policy has disproportionately impacted Black Mississippians, with 29,000 being disenfranchised between 1994 and 2017.
The practice of disenfranchising felons originated in the Jim Crow era to prevent Black men from influencing elections.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, stating that the original provisions were intended to exclude Black people from voting.