No. 24A277
Dennis Hopkins, et al. v. Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State
Tags: constitutional-challenge eighth-amendment equal-protection felony-disenfranchisement mississippi-constitution voting-rights
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Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Mississippi's lifetime felony disenfranchisement law violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment when it permanently strips voting rights for nonviolent offenses after sentence completion
Docket Entries
2024-09-18
Application (24A277) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until November 15, 2024.
2024-09-16
Application (24A277) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 16, 2024 to November 15, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.
Attorneys
Dennis Hopkins, et al.
Jonathan K. Youngwood — Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP, Petitioner
Jonathan K. Youngwood — Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP, Petitioner