Jul 2, 2019 | Census, News Releases, Voting Rights
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. District Court Judge George J. Hazel in Maryland asked the U.S. Department of Commerce this evening to confirm that it has given up its fight to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. The Commerce Department has until Monday, July 8,...
Jun 27, 2019 | Census, News Releases, Voting Rights
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Supreme Court today required the Trump administration to go back and provide an adequate public justification for adding a citizenship question to Census 2020. The ruling calls into serious doubt whether the citizenship question can remain,...
Jun 26, 2019 | Census, News Releases, Voting Rights
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Department of Justice today sent a letter to the U.S. Supreme Court asking the justices to rule on the Equal Protection claim currently before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth District and a district court in Maryland. The Trump...
Jun 25, 2019 | Census, News Releases, Voting Rights
LOS ANGELES – A federal judge in Maryland will determine whether newly discovered evidence indicates unconstitutional discriminatory intent was behind the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census after an appellate court granted a request to remand the...
Jun 25, 2019 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – The Alameda County Superior Court has ruled that a major civil rights lawsuit over inadequate access to health care for 13 million Medi-Cal participants may proceed, despite a two-year fight by the State of California to stop its advancement. The ruling,...
