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Andrew Johnson: The most-criticized president ever?
Today marks the anniversary of the passing of Andrew Johnson, perhaps the most-criticized president in American history.
Two judges ponder new orders in census controversy
With government lawyers under pressure from President Trump looking for a new way to justify asking everyone in America about…
It’s final: no citizenship question on 2020 census
In a decision that seems sure to have a significant impact on American politics over the coming decade, the Trump Administration…
Down-to-the-wire on the census controversy
Faced with the prospect that a lower court may issue a new ban on adding a citizenship question to the census, the Trump…
A crucial week begins for the 2020 census
With the Supreme Court apparently ready to rule this week on a historic controversy over the 2020 census, a federal trial judge on…
Trump team asks Justices to rule quickly on race issue on census
Moving to keep in check the troubling new race bias issue that could affect the 2020 census, the Trump Administration asked the…
Race bias issue over census to be explored
Finding that “a substantial issue” has been raised in the claim that racial bias led the Trump Administration to plan to ask a…
A new move to head off citizenship question on census
With time running out for the Supreme Court to rule on the Trump Administration’s plan to ask everyone in the nation about their…
Rediscovering the ancient “bill of attainder”
Federal and state judges these days are finding a new assignment: reading up on what the Supreme Court once called “the infamous…
Supreme Court hears extended arguments in 2020 census case
On Tuesday, the nine Supreme Court Justices heard arguments for and against including a citizenship question in the 2020 census, a…
