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Citizenship
Does the census actually count everyone and should it?
The high-stakes fight now unfolding in the Supreme Court over the 2020 census, testing whether everyone in America should be asked…
Justices plan quick ruling on census dispute
Convinced that it must act quickly to settle the issue, the Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide the legality of adding a…
May Supreme Court census argument would be unusual but not unprecedented
After filings at the Supreme Court on Monday in the census question case, it seems possible the Justices could hear arguments at a…
Supreme Court likely to act this week on census dispute
Moving with unusual speed, the Supreme Court on Monday set the stage for acting soon – probably on Friday – on the…
On this day, the first African American sworn in as Supreme Court lawyer
On February 1, 1865—the same day President Lincoln signed sent the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery to the states—John…
Justices urged to swiftly decide the census dispute
Arguing that the need is urgent for a rapid Supreme Court review of the legality of adding a citizenship question to the 2020…
An ambitious – and hesitant – day at the Supreme Court
Alone among America’s federal courts, the one at the top of the hierarchy has very wide discretion on what it decides, and when.…
Is DACA stuck in limbo at the Supreme Court?
Last Friday, the Supreme Court made news by not taking action on the high-profile Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (or DACA)…
Justices cancel hearing on census and citizenship
In a brief order Friday afternoon, the Supreme Court canceled a hearing that had been set for February 19 on the controversy over…
Final review of citizenship query shaping up
Lawyers on both sides of the constitutional controversy over asking everyone in America, during next year’s census, about their…
