An emergency application tied to Georgia’s recent Supreme Court election remains active before the Supreme Court of the United States, raising broader constitutional questions about judicial campaign speech, due process and the power of state disciplinary bodies to publicly disclose allegations against candidates before investigations are complete. The legal dispute stems from a lawsuit filed…
A federal court has struck down Mississippi’s Supreme Court electoral map, ruling that it violates the Voting Rights Act (VRA) by diluting the political power of Black voters. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock issued the decision, finding that the map — which has governed state Supreme Court elections since 1987 — unlawfully splits Mississippi’s Delta…