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Citizenship

A crucial week begins for the 2020 census

by Lyle Denniston

With the Supreme Court apparently ready to rule this week on a historic controversy over the 2020 census, a federal trial judge on…

A crucial week begins for the 2020 census
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
New move to test the race bias issue on the 2020 census

by Lyle Denniston

A racial bias claim against the Trump administration about a citizenship question in the 2020 census may potentially complicate…

New move to test the race bias issue on the 2020 census
A last-minute feud over the 2020 census

by Lyle Denniston

With the Supreme Court poised to act soon on the constitutionality of asking everyone in America next year about their…

A last-minute feud over the 2020 census
Trump team urging Justices to act now on DACA

by Lyle Denniston

The Trump Administration is now urging the Supreme Court to act swiftly, to decide in the next few weeks on the next step in the…

Trump team urging Justices to act now on DACA
Sweeping power to investigate Trump’s finances upheld

by Lyle Denniston

Ruling that Congress has wide-ranging power to investigate President Donald J. Trump’s finances even without opening an…

Sweeping power to investigate Trump’s finances upheld
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
The Constitution and the Supreme Court census case

by Lyle Denniston

Constitutional questions, some subtle and some obvious, some familiar and some unusual, very likely will shape how the Supreme…

The Constitution and the Supreme Court census case