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13 Jun 2019, 3:17 am
Hofeller was a “ghost” author of at least a part of a letter that the Justice Department prepared for Commerce Secretary Ross in favor of adding the citizenship question and that he supposedly invented the Voting Rights Act rationale upon which Ross has publicly relied. [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
But two judges who ruled that it would violate federal statutes to ask the question, and thus barred it, also ruled that the challengers had not offered enough evidence to show that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (who oversees the Census Bureau) had acted out of an intention to discriminate on the basis of minority race. [read post]
4 Jun 2019, 12:53 pm
With origins in the National Security Strategy (discussed here: Ruminations 76: From Global to Fortress America; Thoughts on "National Security Strategy of the United States" (4 Dec 2017)), the United States has begun coordinating action against identified key competitors and enemies by targeting their flanks (referenced in the Statement of the Secretary of Commerce in his press release reproduced below). [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]
16 May 2019, 9:05 pm
“This will prevent American technology from being used by foreign owned entities in ways that potentially undermine U.S. national security or foreign policy interests,” Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said. [read post]
6 May 2019, 7:39 am
Television personality Danica McKellar moderated the event, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Director of the USPTO Andrei Iancu delivered remarks, and Director Iancu presented induction medals. [read post]
3 May 2019, 7:16 am
I particularly disagree with efforts by USPTO Director Andrei Iancu to weaken the highly important Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and to draw the wrong conclusions from the Supreme Court's Alice opinion, and with pretty much everything that Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim says about SEP enforcement, especially a completely absurd threat against standard-setting organizations that merely seek to promote patent peace and to give FRAND meaning.Without going into too much detail on… [read post]
29 Apr 2019, 5:34 am
Part of the purpose of the APA is to ensure that federal agencies do not inject ideological considerations into what are supposed to be fact-based determinations, precisely what Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has done.Ross falsely claimed that he added the citizenship question “solely” at the request of the Justice Department so that it could more effectively enforce the Voting Rights Act. [read post]
26 Apr 2019, 3:59 am
New York, a challenge to the Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross’ decision to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census, concluding that “the five conservatives have a clear—if fraught—path to approving the question[:] The justices can simply defer to the official, brushing aside evidence about his motives. [read post]
25 Apr 2019, 7:09 am
New York was whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur L. [read post]
25 Apr 2019, 3:40 am
What if Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross decided it was a good idea to ask a few interesting questions on the next decennial census? [read post]
24 Apr 2019, 4:27 pm
New York, a case challenging Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census form. [read post]
24 Apr 2019, 7:35 am
Excerpt:The case, the latest test of executive power in the Trump era, was heard by the court against the backdrop of the administration’s aggressive efforts to reduce illegal immigration as well as accusations of bad faith against the architect of the revised census questionnaire, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross....The court’s decision, expected in late June, will be consequential. [read post]
24 Apr 2019, 5:56 am
New York, the court is considering whether Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) when he decided to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census to obtain records of non-citizens in the US. [read post]
