Supreme Court Rejects Case Over Confederate Emblem On Mississippi Flag
An African-American lawyer from Mississippi who petitioned the high court had said the flag, visible in state buildings, courts and schools, symbolically expresses support for white supremacy.
by Merrit Kennedy
Nov 27, 2017
2 minutes
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up a case challenging the use of a Confederate emblem on the Mississippi state flag.
Carlos Moore, an African-American lawyer from Mississippi who petitioned the court, had argued in court documents that the flag, visible in state buildings, courts and schools, symbolically expresses
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