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25 Jun 2019, 12:45 pm
In a letter from Dale Ho of the ACLU, the groups notified the justices that a federal district judge in Maryland had ruled that new evidence discovered in the files of Thomas Hofeller, a Republican redistricting strategist, had created a “substantial issue” about whether Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross had intended to discriminate against Hispanic voters. [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 3:42 pm
A federal judge in Maryland, explained lawyer Dale Ho of the ACLU, ruled that the new evidence had created a “substantial issue” about whether Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross had intended to discriminate against Hispanic voters. [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 9:31 am
The challengers to the citizenship inquiry now appear to be a considerable step closer to proving in court their claim that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross decided on the plan mainly to discriminate unconstitutionally against Hispanics in the population count. [read post]
21 Jun 2019, 11:31 am
Challengers to the citizenship question in recent weeks have mounted a legal campaign in three separate courts to press anew their argument that hostility to Hispanics and other people was a key motive for Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross when he decided to put a citizenship inquiry on the 2020 forms. [read post]
21 Jun 2019, 5:03 am
In early April, a group of 43 bipartisan member of Congress wrote to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, again formally requesting economic sanctions be imposed against China for its gross human rights violations against the Uighurs. [read post]
20 Jun 2019, 3:57 pm
The challengers asked the justices to either uphold the district court’s ruling barring the government from using the citizenship question or send the case back to the district court for more factfinding –specifically, about whether officials in the Department of Commerce, including Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, shared Hofeller’s motives for adding the question. [read post]
20 Jun 2019, 4:16 am
He said then that the challengers had not proved that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who supervises the census, had made the final decision to add that question based upon bias against Hispanics living in the U.S. in an attempt to reduce their participation in the census. [read post]
19 Jun 2019, 1:26 pm
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has said that “the most that will come out of the G20 might be an agreement to actively resume talks,” noting that the two leaders are unlikely to “talk about the details of how…[to] enforce a trade agreement. [read post]
13 Jun 2019, 1:49 pm
Therefore, the challengers pleaded, if the Supreme Court does not uphold the district court’s decision barring the government from using the citizenship question, it should send the case back to the lower court for it to look at whether Hofeller’s “partisan and racially discriminatory motives for adding a citizenship question were shared by, or should otherwise be imputed to, relevant Commerce officials,” including Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. [read post]
13 Jun 2019, 9:09 am
Upon request by US Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, the President has exerted executive privilege over documents demanded by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform regarding the citizenship question on the 2020 census. [read post]
13 Jun 2019, 3:17 am
” The new material, the filing added, “strongly suggests” that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’ “real rationale [for asking about citizenship] was the diametric opposite of the stated reason: not to protect minority rights through better enforcement of the [Voting Rights Act], but to facilitate a partisan advantage in redistricting and to dilute the electoral influence of voters of color. [read post]
11 Jun 2019, 8:40 am
Meanwhile, the House Oversight and Reform Committee is also set to vote to hold Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt with regards to a separate matter involving request of information on the administration's census policy. [read post]
7 Jun 2019, 5:22 am
[POLITICO] * After refusing even more subpoena demands, it’s highly likely that the House is going to hold AG Bill Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress. [read post]
6 Jun 2019, 8:21 am
The new measures are part of the Trump administration’s foreign policy objectives as Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross explained: “The Trump Administration recognizes the threat Cuba’s government poses in the region, and the Commerce Department is acting to limit commercial activity that provides revenue for the Cuban regime. [read post]
6 Jun 2019, 3:03 am
Ross had the final say on whether to add the citizenship inquiry. [read post]
4 Jun 2019, 12:53 pm
(Pix credit: Trump administration bans cruises to Cuba in clampdown on U.S. travel)I had earlier suggested that over the course of the last year, and perhaps led by a team operating through the office of the U.S: Vice President Pence, the United States has substantially and quite coherently reshaped its Caribbean (and eventually will reshape its Latin American) policies and strategies (discussed in The Pivot Toward the Caribbean: Announcement of Permission to Sue Anyone Using American Property… [read post]
4 Jun 2019, 12:29 pm
Separately, the House Oversight Committee is scheduled to vote on holding Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and the attorney general in contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena for documents relating to the administration’s plan to add a question about U.S. citizens to the 2020 census, the Post reports. [read post]
31 May 2019, 8:28 am
At argument, several justices focused on Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s single, publicly stated goal for the citizenship question: to collect better data for the Justice Department to enforce the Voting Rights Act (VRA). [read post]
31 May 2019, 7:05 am
Yesterday challengers to the decision by Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to include a question about citizenship in the 2020 census alerted the Supreme Court to new evidence indicating that a Republican redistricting strategist played a key role in Ross’ decision and that the question was included to create an advantage for whites and Republicans in future elections. [read post]
30 May 2019, 2:38 pm
It has been just over a month since the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a challenge to the decision by Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to include a question about citizenship on the 2020 census. [read post]
