FILE - Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division speaks at a news conference, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in Jackson, Miss., as Todd W. Gee, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi listens. Clarke and Gee filed court papers Dec. 5, 2023, saying that a law creating a state-run court in part of Mississippi’s capital city is a continuation of the state’s history of trying to suppress Black people’s participation in government (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) FILE PHOTO
