Confederate emblem on Mississippi flag causes unequal treatment, attorneys argue

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JACKSON, Miss. —

Attorneys say in written arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court that the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag is "an official endorsement of white supremacy" and lower courts were wrong to block a lawsuit challenging the flag.

The arguments were made in papers filed Friday by lawyers for Carlos Moore, an African-American attorney who sued the state in 2016 seeking to have the flag declared an unconstitutional relic of slavery.

A federal district judge and an appeals court ruled against Moore, and his attorneys are trying to revive the case. The Supreme Court accepts a fraction of cases on appeal ...

http://www.wdsu.com/article/confederate-emblem-on-mississippi-flag-causes-unequal-treatment-attorneys-argue/13109132

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Gorsuch will protect racists

Gorsuch must be removed and Merrick Garland must be put in the seat, anything else means we have no law and order, none.