In federal challenge to Mississippi law, arguments focus on racial discrimination and public safety
Associated Press— A federal judge will consider arguments over racial discrimination, public safety and local democracy as he decides whether to block appointments to a state-run court set to be created on Jan. 1 in part of Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city. The court would consider misdemeanor cases, with a judge appointed by the state Supreme Court’s chief justice and prosecutors appointed by the state attorney general — both of whom are white and politically conservative. The Legislature also authorized the chief justice to appoint four judges to serve alongside the four elected circuit court judges in Hinds County and to create a court for the Capitol Complex Improvement District, an area of Jackson home to government buildings, medical centers and colleges. He also said the government had a legitimate interest in trying to curb Jackson’s “crime cancer,” a phrase Wingate used when he ruled the Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice cannot be sued over the state law.
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