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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…
Did German almost become America’s official language in 1795?
For centuries, stories have persisted about Congress almost approving German as our official language, except for one vote by its…
The Alaska purchase: Folly or good fortune?
On this day in 1867, United States Secretary of State William Seward signed a deal acquiring Alaska, an agreement that was…
The presidential veto power explained
President Donald Trump has threatened to veto any measure passed by Congress that blocks his national emergency declaration to…
