Supreme Court Hands Democrats A Win On Racial Gerrymandering In Virginia
Eleven legislative districts in Virginia were declared to be sorted by race and were redrawn. The court's decision Monday left that in place.
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As Legal Battle Persists, Census Citizenship Question Is Put To The Test
Close to a half-million households in most of the U.S. are receiving letters for a last-minute experiment gauging how adding a citizenship question could affect how people respond to the 2020 census.
Citizenship Question Lawsuit Plaintiffs Ask Supreme Court To Delay Ruling
In a last-minute request, plaintiffs' attorneys led by the ACLU are asking the justices to wait to rule on the census question in light of documents that show an alleged Trump administration cover-up.
Justice Breyer Says It's 'Past Time' To Confront Guantanamo's 'Difficult Questions'
Supreme Court declines to hear appeal from Gitmo detainee but Breyer warns of court consensus unraveling 18 years after 9/11 okayed detentions.
Kris Kobach Discussed Census Citizenship Question With 2016 Trump Campaign
Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach told House investigators he discussed the question with campaign officials more than a year before the Trump administration formally requested it.
Supreme Court Pressed For Sealed Documents In Death Penalty Case
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and NPR filed a motion to release sealed documents related to an Alabama death penalty case. Sealing documents is an unusual move by the high court.
Poll: Majority Want To Keep Abortion Legal, But They Also Want Restrictions
An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey found that three-quarters of Americans want the Supreme Court to uphold Roe v. Wade. But there is also complexity — and contradiction — in respondents' views.
Judge Delays Review Of 'Serious' Allegations Of Citizenship Question Cover-Up
A federal judge in New York says he's not planning to rule on the allegations until after the Supreme Court's likely decision this month on the fate of the census question.
GOP Redistricting Strategist Played Role In Push For Census Citizenship Question
A deceased redistricting specialist's documents suggest the citizenship question was added to redraw political maps to favor Republicans and non-Hispanic white people, according to a new court filing.
Supreme Court Upholds Indiana Provision Mandating Fetal Burial Or Cremation
The court did not take up the part of the law that banned abortions because of fetal abnormality or race or sex of the fetus, which a lower court had knocked down in addition to the burial provision.