Trump v. New York, No. 20-366: In July 2020, the President of the United States issued a memorandum to the Secretary of Commerce (who is tasked with taking the census and reporting the tabulation to the President, who in turn...more
In our second annual SCOTUS review, Akin Gump Supreme Court and appellate practice co-head Pratik Shah analyzes the Court’s previous Term and previews the new Term. Among the topics covered: • SCOTUS decisions on census...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Congress. After some very contentious debate and a handful of defections, the House late last week passed the annual National Defense Authorization Act on a rare party line...more
President Donald Trump announced that the Administration will not be proceeding with any further census litigation. The 2020 Decennial Census, which is already being printed, will be sent out without a citizenship question....more
The Supreme Court closed out its current term this week, issuing decisions in two cases with important implications for public schools. In Kisor v. Wilkie, issued yesterday, a surprising majority of the Court (the liberal...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions on June 27, 2019: Department of Commerce v. New York, No. 18-966: The Secretary of Commerce announced in a March 2018 memo that he was reinstating a question...more
The Commerce Department cannot include a citizenship question in the census – at least for now – according to the Supreme Court. In Department of Commerce et al. v. New York et al., the Court, in a 5-4 decision written by...more
On June 27, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Department of Commerce v. New York, No. 18-966, holding that the Constitution’s Enumeration Clause allowed the government to ask census questions about citizenship, but the...more
On April 23, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument in Department of Commerce v. New York, No. 18-966. The argument focused on three main issues: (1) whether the District Court erred in enjoining the...more
The 2020 decennial census is scheduled to begin on April 1, 2020, but several cases challenging the Administration’s decision to include a citizenship question in the census are putting the Administration’s June 30, 2019, “go...more
This afternoon, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in the following case: Department of Commerce v. New York, No. 18-966: 1) Whether the district court erred in enjoining the Secretary of Commerce...more
The Department of Commerce has been enjoined by a federal judge from including the citizenship question in the upcoming Census. The case began on March 26, 2018, when Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., announced...more