Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Mississippi’s Felon Voting Ban

The Fifth Circuit said opponents of the ban should persuade their ‘fellow citizens that the law should change’ instead of asking judges to invalidate it.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Jan. 15, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a challenge to Mississippi’s lifetime ban on voting by people convicted of specific crimes.

Challengers argued the ban is rooted in the racial animus of the Jim Crow era after the Civil War when some states enforced racial segregation.