Question of the Day
From Dale Ho, who argued the census case for plaintiffs in the Supreme Court:
https://twitter.com/dale_e_ho/status/1138639775005585408
Category Archives: census litigation
“The Supreme Court’s Next Three Weeks Could Shake Up the 2020 Election”
Greg Stohr for Bloomberg.
The U.S. Supreme Court enters the homestretch of its term with looming decisions that could affect the 2020 election and thrust the court even deeper into the nation’s political wars.Between now and the end of… Continue reading
Kobach Discussed with Trump Campaign Before 2016 Election the Issue of Adding Citizenship Question to Census; Trump Administration Asserts Privilege Over Answers About What Kobach Told Administration
Hansi Lo Wang:
https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1137078802046230528
More in this oversight committee memo:
When Mr. Kobach was asked whether he had additional meetings with the President or his aides other than those that have been publicly disclosed, his attorney stepped in… Continue reading
RBG, in Speech to 2d Circuit Judicial Conference, Ominously Analogizes Census Case to Travel Ban Case
From the speech:
“Speculators about the outcome note that last year, in Trump v. Hawaii, the Court upheld the so-called “travel ban,” in an opinion granting great deference to the Executive. Respondents in the census case have argued that a… Continue reading
“Where a citizenship question could cause the census to miss millions of Hispanics — and why that’s a big deal”
“Who Cares About the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy?”
Linda Greenhouse in the NYT:
What changed my mind about writing about this issue again was the administration’s response to the request by the plaintiffs, a coalition of immigrant rights groups, to Judge Furman for “sanctions or other appropriate relief”… Continue reading
Federal District Court in Census Citizenship Question Case Won’t Decide If DOJ Officials Lied About Purpose of Question—Until After the Supreme Court is Expected to Rule.
These developments make it much harder for plaintiffs to get any new factual findings before the Supreme Court rules in the census case.
16. Judge Furman says he sees "no reason to rush this process" before #SCOTUS reaches it decision… Continue reading
ACLU Files Sharp Letter in District Court (with Copy to Supreme Court) Responding in Census Citizenship Case
Letter:
The link will bring you to the rest of the letter.
DOJ’s John Gore Said in His Deposition That One of the Purposes of Collecting Citizenship Data on the Census Forms is To Let States Draw Districts with Equal Numbers of Eligible Voters (Which Hurts Hispanics and Democratic Voters)
The other day I tweeted this:
This is a key point and shows that whether or not DOJ borrowed from Hoefeller, the motivation was to allow states to engage in redistricting based on voter eligible persons, which would dilute… Continue reading
Tweet of the Day (from Nate Persily)
Read the thread, starting here:
https://twitter.com/persily/status/1135973410117341184
“2020 Census Could Lead To Worst Undercount Of Black, Latinx People In 30 Years”
Hansi Lo Wang for NPR:
Challenges threatening the upcoming 2020 census could risk more than 4 million people to be missing from next year’s national head count, according to new projections by the Urban Institute.The nonpartisan think tank found… Continue reading
“DOJ calls new census allegations a ‘baseless attack on the integrity’ of department and its employees”
DOJ Responds to Census Plaintiffs on Hofeller, Claiming There Were No False Statements in DOJ Testimony and No Evidence Hofeller Material Was Used in DOJ Position on Citizenship Question on Census
Here is the letter, painting a starkly different picture of both the facts and legal relevance of the Hofeller materials.
This will no doubt have to be hashed out by the district court, while the Supreme Court drafts its opinion… Continue reading