by Jim Heath | Jun 27, 2019 | Headlines, Supreme Court
In a setback for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court today rejected its stated reason for adding a question on citizenship to the census, leaving in doubt whether the question would appear on the census forms sent to every household in the nation next year....
by Jim Heath | Jun 27, 2019 | Headlines, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s conservatives decided today that federal courts do not have a role to play in deciding whether partisan gerrymandering goes too far, giving a dominant political party in a state leeway to draw electoral maps that preserve or even expand its power....
by Jim Heath | Jun 20, 2019 | Headlines, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled today that a 40-foot cross erected as a tribute to war dead may continue to stand on public land in Maryland, rejecting arguments that it was an unconstitutional endorsement of religion. The vote was 7 to 2, but the ruling prompted an...
by Jim Heath | Jun 17, 2019 | Headlines, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled against the Virginia House of Delegates in a racial gerrymandering case that represents a victory for Democrats in the state. In the 5-4 ruling, the justices found that the House didn’t have the standing to appeal a lower court ruling...
by Jim Heath | Jun 3, 2019 | Headlines, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today rejected a request from the Trump administration to speed up its consideration of the future of DACA, the federal program that has allowed 700,000 young people — known as Dreamers — to avoid deportation. Short for Deferred Action for Childhood...
