Judge allows new court in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital, rejecting NAACP request to stop it

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that he will allow Mississippi officials to move forward with creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson, over objections from the NAACP. Attorneys for the civil rights organization had sued on behalf of several Jackson residents, saying the new court undermines democracy because local voters or local elected officials won’t choose its judge or prosecutors. The new Capitol Complex Improvement District Court will have a judge appointed by the state Supreme Court chief justice and...