From the article:

The most conservative appellate court in the country on Thursday reinstated a Jim Crow-era felon disenfranchisement law in Mississippi that could prevent tens of thousands of people, who are disproportionately Black, from voting in November.

Six judges, all appointed by Democratic presidents, dissented. “Denying released offenders the right to vote takes away their full dignity as citizens, separates them from the rest of their community, and reduces them to ‘other’ status,” wrote Judge James L. Dennis, who was appointed by Bill Clinton.

The voting was along party lines. Ironic that they have a problem with felons.

Another day in the gulf south

As a European, the whole concept that judges are affiliated with a political party just blows my mind. Aren’t they supposed to be neutral?