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Citizenship
Administration seeks delay of trial over census
Arguing that one of President Trump’s Cabinet secretaries should not have to answer lawyers’ questions about citizenship in…
DACA survives – for now – a new court challenge
Finding that Texas and other states waited too long to challenge a program to spare hundreds of thousands of young, undocumented…
A royal and constitutional citizenship question
On Saturday, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will exchange wedding vows at Windsor Castle. So what happens to the American…
Texas and allies open new challenge to DACA
Returning to the same courthouse where a Texas-led coalition won a sweeping victory against a key immigration policy of the Obama…
Legal fight begins over census citizenship question
The state of California will sue the Trump administration over the upcoming 2020 census and its inclusion of a question about U.S.…
Supreme Court won’t review DACA for now
The Supreme Court refused on Monday to adopt a special, fast procedure to rule on the government’s power to shut down the…
Debate heats up about citizenship question in next Census
Late next month, Congress will get a proposed list of 2020 Census questions that could set off another lawsuit about voting rights…
What happens if the federal government shuts down?
Unless Congress passes a temporary funding bill by late Friday night, many federal government services will stop over the weekend.…
Trump Administration to swiftly appeal DACA to Supreme Court
The Trump Administration will ask the Supreme Court this week to uphold its power to end the “DACA” program that protects…
Senators should serve for life, and other election ideas from the Founders
Today, Americans will vote in elections around the country. But did you know if alternative ideas from the Founders were used…
