Mississippi State Chapter, Operation Push, Inc., Cross-Appellees v. Ray Mabus, Governor of Mississippi, Cross-Appellants

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• noting that the Mississippi legislature responded to a finding of a Section 2 violation by adopting ameliorative changes suggested by a district court
• noting that the Mississippi legislature responded to a finding of a Section 2 violation by adopting ameliorative changes suggested by a district court
• stating that “[e]vidence of disparate registration rates or similar registration rates in individual counties could not provide dispositive support” for the claim that plaintiffs could not participate in the political process at the state level (emphasis added)
• stating that “[e]vi-dence of disparate registration rates or similar registration rates in individual counties could not provide dispositive support” for the claim that plaintiffs could not participate in the political process at the state level (emphasis added)
• finding “isolated and ambiguous statements made by . . . legislators” were not compelling evidence of that law’s discriminatory purpose
• finding “isolated and ambiguous statements made by ... legislators” were not compelling evidence of that law’s discriminatory purpose

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