“Will the Supreme Court Go Nativist?”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy on the census litigation.
Category Archives: Supreme Court
“Conservatives, Often Wary of Foreign Law, Embrace It in Census Case”
Adam Liptak NYT Sidebar column:
Two years ago, at his confirmation hearings, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch said that what happens abroad should not influence American judges in constitutional cases.“We have our own tradition and our own history,” he… Continue reading
Listen to the Oral Argument Audio in Census Citizenship Case at the Supreme Court
Here at Oyez.
“Eric Holder: The Supreme Court can’t allow Trump to weaponize the census”
“The Roberts Court Is Considering the Legal Reasoning of Jim Crow to Uphold a Rigged Census”
“This Could Be One of Trump’s Biggest Political Victories”
Cristian Farias in the NYT:
For all his talk about judges not being political actors beholden to a president, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and his conservative colleagues on the Supreme Court may hand President Trump one of the… Continue reading
E.J. Dionne: “Will Trump and the Supreme Court tear our democracy apart?”
WaPo column:
Our nation faces a constitutional conflagration, and President Trump is not the only actor willing to put personal and partisan interests above the preservation of our system of self-rule.Five conservative justices on the Supreme Court signaled clearly… Continue reading
“The Census Case Will Define the Roberts Court”
David Gans for Slate.
“The Supreme Court Is Poised to Shred Its Credibility to Let Trump Rig the Census”
Mark Joseph Stern:
What’s startling about Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch’s questions in particular is that they seem to betray fundamental principles of the court’s conservative bloc. Gorsuch has disclaimed reliance on international law, proclaiming: “We have our own tradition and… Continue reading
Roundup of Stories on the Census Citizenship Case
Howard’s got it.
The Solicitor General’s Chutzpah in the Census Oral Argument
Sasha Samberg Champion:
https://twitter.com/ssamcham/status/1120754053573685250
Read the Transcript in Today’s Supreme Court Argument on the Citizenship Question on the Census
It is here.
“John Roberts faces another test with census case”
Joan Biskupic for CNN.
“Accuracy at core of Supreme Court case over census question”
Mark Sherman for the AP.