Constitution Daily Blog
Citizenship
Judge bars citizenship question on 2020 census
In a ruling almost certain to be swiftly challenged in the Supreme Court, a federal trial judge in New York City on Tuesday barred…
New attempt to stop the census dispute case
The Trump Administration on Monday evening again urged the Supreme Court to halt all further proceedings in a case about a…
Transgender-in-the-military dispute reaches Supreme Court
Attempting once again a highly unusual legal maneuver for getting prompt Supreme Court review of major controversial issues, the…
Trump Administration tries again to stop census trial
Trying again to stop a trial in a federal court in a constitutional dispute over the 2020 census, the Trump Administration has…
Justices take on a dispute over the 2020 census
The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide, on a speeded-up schedule, a dispute over the Trump Administration’s decision to…
What constitutional powers do the Democrats get by winning the House?
The Democratic Party will have a majority in the House of Representatives for the first time since early 2011. How will that…
Government asks Supreme Court to shut down DACA
The Trump Administration has asked the Supreme Court to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (or DACA) program and to do so…
Justices rebuff Administration in two key cases
The Supreme Court late Friday afternoon sent the Trump Administration two quite clear signals that the government has been…
Breaking down the birthright citizenship debate
President Donald Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants will be getting a good…
Testing who is a “birthright citizen”
President Trump has started a new debate about what the Constitution’s “Citizenship Clause” means, but the final answer no…
