Tennessee has the nation’s second highest number of residents who remain disenfranchised because of past felony convictions.
Tag: Supreme Courts (State)
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Missouri Supreme Court Allows Abortion Ballot Initiative to Move Ahead
The effort to put abortion rights before voters was held up when the attorney general said the state auditor had vastly underestimated the potential cost to taxpayers.
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Georgia Supreme Court Rejects Trump Effort to Quash Investigation
With indictment decisions imminent, the court refused to scuttle an investigation into whether the former president and his allies interfered in the 2020 election.
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The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Even Control Which Cases the Justice
In addition to deciding cases, those justices also have the votes to decide which cases the court hears, setting the agenda in the process.
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Wisconsin Judge Allows Challenge to Abortion Law to Proceed
The preliminary ruling on the law, passed long before Roe v. Wade, gave hope to abortion-rights supporters who want to restore access to the procedure.