This won’t help the administration’s case on the census (Updated)

The Justice Department is swapping out the lawyers who had been representing the administration in its legal battle to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census, possibly signaling career attorneys’ legal or ethical concerns over the maneuvering ordered by President Trump. “If you won’t do it, we’ll find someone who will!” The Washington … Read more

In reversal, Trump administration will try to argue a new ‘pretext’ for citizenship question on 2020 Census

On Tuesday, the Trump administration conceded defeat on the 2020 Census, making an averment to the trial court and the parties that it was not going to pursue any further legal action in the Maryland census case. The Department of Justice and Department of Commerce both released statements consistent with this position. Then on Wednesday, the … Read more

Trump threatens to defy the U.S. Supreme Court on 2020 Census and is ignored (Updated)

A day after the Trump administration conceded defeat on 2020 Census, our “Dear Leader” is now contradicting his cabinet officials and threatening to defy the U.S. Supreme Court in a blind Twitter rage. Trump Vows to Move Forward With Citizenship Question on Census: President Trump said on Wednesday that the Commerce Department is “absolutely moving … Read more

SCOTUS Watch: Court adds review of DACA to its 2019-2020 term

The 2019-2020 U.S. Supreme Court term is slowly shaping up to be a momentous one, dropping a bombshell or two into the 2020 presidential campaign. The Census case is not over, and could return as early as this summer, or in early October. As Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern note at Slate: If there … Read more