Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether any amendment to a law originally adopted for an impermissible racially discriminatory purpose, no matter how minor the amendment and no matter the historical context, cleanses the law of its racist origins for Fourteenth Amendment purposes unless the party challenging the law can prove that the amendment itself was motivated by racial discrimination.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether any amendment to a law originally adopted for an impermissible racially discriminatory purpose, no matter how minor the amendment and no matter the historical context, cleanses the law of its racist origins for Fourteenth Amendment purposes unless the party challenging the law can prove that the amendment itself was motivated by racial discrimination
2023-06-30
Petition DENIED. Justice Jackson, with whom Justice Sotomayor joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached
Opinion)
2023-06-29
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2023-06-20
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2023-06-12
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2023-06-05
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2023-05-30
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2023-05-22
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2023-05-15
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2023-05-08
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2023-04-24
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2023-04-17
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2023-04-10
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2023-03-27
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2023-03-20
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2023-03-13
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2023-02-27
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2023-02-21
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2023-01-18
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2023-01-17
Reply of petitioners Roy Harness, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2023-01-03
Brief of respondent Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State in opposition filed.
2022-12-02
Brief amicus curiae of Campaign Legal Center filed.
2022-12-02
Brief amici curiae of Dennis Hopkins, et al. filed.
2022-12-02
Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and American Civil Liberties Union filed.
2022-11-28
Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State
2022-11-28
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Roy Harness, et al.
2022-11-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 3, 2023. See Rule 30.1.
2022-11-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 2, 2022 to January 1, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-10-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 2, 2022)
Dennis Hopkins, Herman Parker, Jr., Walter Wayne Kuhn, Jr., Bryon Demond Coleman, Jon O’Neal, and Earnest Willhite