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cbabe

(6,644 posts)
Sat Feb 25, 2023, 03:25 PM Feb 2023

Mississippi apartheid: whites only judges/appointed not elected

https://abcnews.go.com › Politics › bill-change-jackson-judges-jim-crow-mississippi-lawmaker › story?id=97386633

Bill to change Jackson judges looks 'like Jim Crow,' Mississippi ...

2 days agoThe Republican-led Mississippi state House of Representatives passed a bill on Feb. 7 that would form a court system of unelected judges and prosecutors to preside over part of the capital city of Jackson and expand the Capitol Police force, a move that is drawing the ire of civil rights groups.

(Horrific. Any recourse?)
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Mississippi apartheid: whites only judges/appointed not elected (Original Post) cbabe Feb 2023 OP
These racist really hate democracy, people of color, women and children MagickMuffin Feb 2023 #1
Is this even legal? Jilly_in_VA Feb 2023 #2
Pretty much my question. House passed it. On to cbabe Feb 2023 #3
DOJ... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #4
How is it unconstitutional? cbabe Feb 2023 #5

MagickMuffin

(18,318 posts)
1. These racist really hate democracy, people of color, women and children
Sat Feb 25, 2023, 03:35 PM
Feb 2023



I hope they meet karma before it’s too late.


cbabe

(6,644 posts)
3. Pretty much my question. House passed it. On to
Sat Feb 25, 2023, 04:15 PM
Feb 2023

mostly white senate. Then white gov.

If they declare it’s a law, then what?

The law would establish judges and courts. Not actually ‘denying rights’.

Have to wait years of abuse to show actual racist harm?

2naSalit

(102,780 posts)
4. DOJ...
Sat Feb 25, 2023, 04:30 PM
Feb 2023

I think they have to wait until they actually do it, then shit will fly.

It's unconstitutional for starters.

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