“Census Citizenship Question Re-do? Part I: Moment of Truth (and Integrity) for the Office of the Solicitor General”
Marty Lederman blogs.
Monthly Archives: July 2019
“Iowa, Nevada to launch caucus voting by phone for 2020”
Derek Muller on Rucho and Partisan Gerrymandering
Here, at the Public Discourse.
DOJ Lawyers Who Had Represented Government in Census Case are Being Replaced: An Ominous Development
My thoughts on the news via Del Wilber:
This development is ominous.It almost certainly means the career attorneys working for the Department of Justice refused to go along with what Trump wants to do now with the citizenship question on… Continue reading
Just 16 Days Ago, Trump Administration Solicitor General Told Supreme Court Census Form Had to Be Finalized by June 30 or Congress Would Have to Appropriate More Money
Marty Lederman on the strong grounds for applying estoppel against the government in the census case:
1/ UPDATE on OSG representations w/r/t the census form deadline (h/t @hansilowang): Just 16 days ago, mere days before the Court was to… Continue reading
Election Law Academics Update
Here’s my yearly roundup of election law academic hires, promotions moves, visits, accolades:
Yasmin Dawood was named a Member of the Royal Society of Canada College.
Derek Muller was promoted to full professor and will be visiting at Notre Dame… Continue reading
Josh Marshall: Trump Reelection Campaign Suggests Real Purpose of Adding Citizenship Question to Census is To Redistrict on Basis of Citizenship (Hurting Hispanic Voting Power)
Josh Marshall:
2/ So it seems the Trump re-elect campaign is also saying now that the point of adding a citizenship question to the Census is to make Census less accurate and redistrict on the basis of citizenship rather than… Continue reading
The Evenwel Gambit
Joey Fishkin:
So that leaves what I’d call the Evenwel Gambit: fess up, selectively, to Real Reason 2. Claim that you want to add the citizenship question to the Census in order to enable the CVAP-based drawing of district… Continue reading
ACLU Asks District Court in New York Census Case to Amend the Judgment to Prevent Any Steps by Trump Administration to Modify the 2020 Census Questionnaire
Breaking: Federal Judge in Census Citizenship Question Case Orders Discovery to Continue on Whether Government Acted with Discriminatory Intent
Judge Hazel order, rejecting the DOJ gambit:
The Court has received and appreciates the discovery plans submitted by both sides. It appears that while the parties agree to the parameters of the proposed schedule, Defendants take the view… Continue reading
Breaking: DOJ Tells Federal Court It May Have New Rationale Later for Including the Census Question, Wants to Stop Discovery Now Because a New Decision Would Be Cleaned of Animus (Citing Travel Ban Case)
In a new filing, the Department of Justice has told the federal district court in Maryland considering whether the addition of the citizenship question on the census was done for reasons of racial animus that the government may still… Continue reading
Pennsylvania Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Ended Straight-Ticket Voting as Price for Voting Machine Upgrades
Gaming Out the Census Citizenship Question Endgame: What Comes Next, and How Will Things End?
I thought I’d pull together some thoughts on the issue of whether the Trump Administration will try again to add a citizenship question to the census, after sharing some earlier thoughts across this blog, to NPR, and at Slate… Continue reading
“The worst part about DOJ’s reversal on the census is the lack of deliberation”
Harry Litman WaPo oped.