Harness v. Watson
Petition for certiorari denied on June 30, 2023
Issue: Whether any amendment to a law originally adopted for an impermissible racially discriminatory purpose, no matter how minor the amendment and no matter the historical context, cleanses the law of its racist origins for 14th Amendment purposes unless the party challenging the law can prove that the amendment itself was motivated by racial discrimination.
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 10/28/2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 2, 2022) |
| 11/10/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 2, 2022 to January 1, 2023, submitted to The Clerk. |
| 11/14/2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 3, 2023. See Rule 30.1. |
| 11/28/2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Roy Harness, et al. |
| 11/28/2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State |
| 12/02/2022 | Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and American Civil Liberties Union filed. |
| 12/02/2022 | Brief amici curiae of Dennis Hopkins, et al. filed. |
| 12/02/2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Campaign Legal Center filed. |
| 01/03/2023 | Brief of respondent Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State in opposition filed. |
| 01/17/2023 | Reply of petitioners Roy Harness, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| 01/18/2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023. |
| 02/16/2023 | Rescheduled. |
| 02/21/2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/24/2023. |
| 02/21/2023 | Rescheduled. |
| 02/27/2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/3/2023. |
| 02/28/2023 | Rescheduled. |
| 03/13/2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023. |
| 03/13/2023 | Rescheduled. |
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| 03/20/2023 | Rescheduled. |
| 03/27/2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/31/2023. |
| 03/27/2023 | Rescheduled. |
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| 04/10/2023 | Rescheduled. |
| 04/17/2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/21/2023. |
| 04/17/2023 | Rescheduled. |
| 04/24/2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/28/2023. |
| 04/25/2023 | Rescheduled. |
| 05/08/2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023. |
| 05/09/2023 | Rescheduled. |
| 05/15/2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/18/2023. |
| 05/22/2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/25/2023. |
| 05/30/2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/1/2023. |
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| 06/29/2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2023. |
| 06/30/2023 | Petition DENIED. Justice Jackson, with whom Justice Sotomayor joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion) |