The state chapter of the NAACP is asking a three-judge federal panel to rule on whether the U.S. House redistricting plan recently approved by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Tate Reeves is constitutional.
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today February 3, 2022 The judicial panel will hear further arguments on the issue before ruling. Carroll Rhodes, a Hazlehurst attorney and veteran of many redistricting litigation battles, maintains that the plan approved by the Legislature with a Black majority 2nd District that runs nearly the length of the state along the Mississippi River is not constitutional.
This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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