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15 Jan 2019, 9:26 am by Howard Wasserman
A judge in the Southern District of New York universally enjoined Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross from adding to the census a question about citizenship. [read post]
15 Jan 2019, 7:59 am by Lyle Denniston
Furman ruled that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who is the overseer of the Census Bureau, and his aides had engaged in “egregious” violations of federal law in deciding to add the citizenship inquiry. [read post]
11 Jan 2019, 5:00 am
Wicker along with Republican Jerry Moran of Kansas and Democrats Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Brian Schatz of Hawaii, all chairs or ranking member of relevant Commerce Committee subcommittees who are working on legislation, sent a joint letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross urging the administration to collaborate with Congress on privacy because national standards require congressional action. [read post]
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, on December 19, 2018, the Commission published the Report (and accompanying Staff Working Document) summarizing the joint review. [read post]
21 Dec 2018, 12:55 pm by Amy Howe
The challengers wanted to take the depositions of Wilbur Ross, the Secretary of Commerce, and John Gore, the acting head of the civil rights division of the Department of Justice, and obtain evidence outside the official government record considered by Ross in making his decision; in late October, the justices blocked Ross’ deposition but allowed the Gore deposition and factfinding, and eventually the trial itself, to go forward. [read post]
14 Dec 2018, 8:03 am by Rachel Brown, Preston Lim
The same day, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross addressed Chinese state support for technology development, explaining, “We don’t object to them trying to become more involved in high tech. [read post]
4 Dec 2018, 3:45 pm by Guest Blogger
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross ordered the Bureau of the Census to include a question on citizenship status that is subject to judicial challenge. [read post]
27 Nov 2018, 6:29 am by Amy Howe
The clash has its origins in the announcement, in March of this year, by Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross that the 2020 census would, for the first time in over 50 years, include a question about whether individuals responding to the census are U.S. citizens. [read post]
27 Nov 2018, 3:31 am by Lyle Denniston
Among those issues are whether the key official in planning the next 10-year census – Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross – had chosen to add the citizenship question out of a discriminatory hostility to immigrants, seeking to induce many of them to avoid even responding to the census by asking them to identify their citizenship. [read post]
22 Nov 2018, 9:30 pm by Bobby Chen
” The Commerce Department had renewed its request for a stay in litigation after the Supreme Court agreed to review Judge Furman’s decision to allow a deposition of Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. [read post]
20 Nov 2018, 3:39 am by Lyle Denniston
Among the testimony that the challengers wanted to gather in questions to be asked under oath was that of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. [read post]
19 Nov 2018, 4:10 am by Edith Roberts
” Hansi Lo Wang reports at NPR that “[t]he high court will weigh whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross can be deposed and what other evidence can be considered. [read post]
19 Nov 2018, 3:21 am by Immigration Prof
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Constitution Daily reports that the Supreme Court agreed last Friday to decide, on an expedited schedule, a dispute relating to the Trump Administration’s decision to add to the 2020 census a question about the citizenship. [read post]
16 Nov 2018, 12:33 pm by Lyle Denniston
The specific issue that is now before the Justices, in the appeal by the Administration, is whether state and local governments that are challenging the addition of that question may require Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to testify, under oath, about why he pressed for that. [read post]
16 Nov 2018, 12:08 pm by Amy Howe
The events giving rise to the dispute now before the Supreme Court arose in March of this year, when Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the 2020 census would include a question about citizenship, intended to help the Department of Justice enforce federal voting-rights laws. [read post]
6 Nov 2018, 11:06 am by U.S.P.T.O.
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross today announced the appointment of Laura Peter as deputy under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and deputy director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), effective November 13, 2018. [read post]
6 Nov 2018, 11:06 am by U.S.P.T.O.
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross today announced the appointment of Laura Peter as deputy under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and deputy director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), effective November 13, 2018. [read post]
5 Nov 2018, 10:58 am by Brianna Bell
There have been inconsistencies in Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s testimony, leading lawmakers to request further investigation. [read post]