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Trump team asks Justices to rule quickly on race issue on census

by Lyle Denniston

Moving to keep in check the troubling new race bias issue that could affect the 2020 census, the Trump Administration asked the…

Trump team asks Justices to rule quickly on race issue on census
Race bias issue over census to be explored

by Lyle Denniston

Finding that “a substantial issue” has been raised in the claim that racial bias led the Trump Administration to plan to ask a…

Race bias issue over census to be explored
A new move to head off citizenship question on census

by Lyle Denniston

With time running out for the Supreme Court to rule on the Trump Administration’s plan to ask everyone in the nation about their…

A new move to head off citizenship question on census
Rediscovering the ancient “bill of attainder”

by Lyle Denniston

Federal and state judges these days are finding a new assignment: reading up on what the Supreme Court once called “the infamous…

Rediscovering the ancient “bill of attainder”
Supreme Court hears extended arguments in 2020 census case

by Scott Bomboy

On Tuesday, the nine Supreme Court Justices heard arguments for and against including a citizenship question in the 2020 census, a…

Supreme Court hears extended arguments in 2020 census case
Did German almost become America’s official language in 1795?

by Scott Bomboy

For centuries, stories have persisted about Congress almost approving German as our official language, except for one vote by its…

Did German almost become America’s official language in 1795?
The Alaska purchase: Folly or good fortune?

by NCC Staff

On this day in 1867, United States Secretary of State William Seward signed a deal acquiring Alaska, an agreement that was…

The Alaska purchase: Folly or good fortune?
The presidential veto power explained

by Scott Bomboy

President Donald Trump has threatened to veto any measure passed by Congress that blocks his national emergency declaration to…

The presidential veto power explained
Marbury v. Madison: The Supreme Court claims its power

by Nicandro Iannacci

In an act of “judicial jujitsu,” the Supreme Court issued its decision in Marbury v. Madison on February 24, 1803,…

Marbury v. Madison: The Supreme Court claims its power
A big day in the history of the United States Postal Service

by NCC Staff

On February 20, 1792, President George Washington officially created the modern United States Postal Service by signing a sweeping…

A big day in the history of the United States Postal Service
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