Category Archives: census litigation

“Two SCOTUS Vets Denounce Roberts’s Census Ruling as ‘One-Off’ and ‘Bizarre’”

July 17, 2019, 5:19 pmcensus litigationJustin Levitt

Michael Carvin and Kannon Shanmugam, with a bonus appearance by Miguel Estrada. I hope Mr. Carvin’s right that the Census ruling won’t really affect cases outside of this particular context. But I hope that’s because agencies won’t continue to… Continue reading

“Alarm sounds over census cybersecurity concerns”

July 17, 2019, 5:18 pmcensus litigationJustin Levitt

The fallout from yesterday’s hearing.

Redistricting using a citizenship count

July 17, 2019, 5:14 pmcensus litigation, redistricting, Voting Rights ActJustin Levitt

Ari Berman adds his voice to discussion of the potential ahead.

Estimating the undocumented without the census

July 17, 2019, 5:13 pmcensus litigationJustin Levitt

Demographers weigh in on alternatives to a direct count. (Note: this is an update of a piece published in 2016. Apparently, the issue is still of some interest.)

Census plaintiffs file blistering motion for sanctions

July 16, 2019, 3:30 pmcensus litigation, chicaneryJustin Levitt

The motion was filed in the SDNY case, mostly directed at Commerce officials. With 428 pp. of receipts. UPDATE: HuffPost has coverage.

Parties agree on proposed order in NY Census case

July 16, 2019, 11:23 amcensus litigationJustin Levitt

Hansi with the scoop: https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1151169448457441282 UPDATE: Here’s the final signed order itself.

“Some Fear Undercount As Texas Decides Not To Spend Money On 2020 Census”

July 16, 2019, 10:50 amcensus litigation, chicaneryJustin Levitt

Well, that’s an interesting strategy: You’ve got to spend money to make money. But that’s not the way Texas, and a handful of other states, are looking at the 2020 census. Officials in Texas have decided not to spend… Continue reading

“2020 Dems Pledge To Reverse Trump’s Move Towards Anti-Immigrant Redistricting”

July 16, 2019, 10:50 amcensus litigation, redistrictingJustin Levitt

The candidates weigh in on using citizenship data in the redistricting process.

“Budget gridlock imperils 2020 census”

July 16, 2019, 10:49 amcensus litigationJustin Levitt

A reminder that we’re not out of the woods yet. I wonder if this will come up in the Senate hearing on the Census in an hour.

“Defending the Census: The Next Frontier in the Fight for Our Democracy”

July 15, 2019, 11:53 amcensus litigationJustin Levitt

Video from a Netroots Nation panel with Adam Bonin, Eric Holder, Alex Padilla, Denise Merrill, and Vanita Gupta. Man, last Thursday seems like a long time ago.

More on citizenship and redistricting

July 15, 2019, 11:02 amcensus litigation, redistrictingJustin Levitt

TPM dives in on the citizenship-data Paperwork Reduction Act filing spotted over the weekend. And Reuters reviews the legal battles that might result.

“How white supremacy shaped the original census — centuries before the citizenship debate”

July 14, 2019, 11:07 amcensus litigation, political equalityJustin Levitt

The WaPo sees a through-line in debates about race and the census. Janai Nelson has a deeper look in the Columbia Law Review.

Citizenship data and the redistricting fight

July 14, 2019, 11:06 amcensus litigation, redistrictingJustin Levitt

The Nation picks up the redistricting thread.

“How Trump can mitigate the damage of folding on the census”

July 14, 2019, 11:06 amcensus litigation, chicaneryJustin Levitt

Hugh Hewitt’s op-ed suggests that the president should have refused to quit on the census case, and calls for a motion for reconsideration in the Supreme Court. For perspective, it also claims that “the Supreme Court sat on the decision… Continue reading