Topic
Census
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Immigration Lawyers Blog
Census Numbers Show Lehigh Valley Diversifying: Hispanic Population Now a Majority in Allentown
The U.S. Census Bureau’s population data shows that after years of population growth, the Hispanic population has become a large majority of Allentown, with the Lehigh Valley facing a decline…
ImmigrationProf Blog
CNN: “Census release shows America is more diverse and more multiracial than ever”
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia commonsAn installment of data from Census 2020 were released today. There no doubt will be much commentary on the data in coming days. Immigration clearly affected…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: The Political Misrepresentation of Immigrants in the Census by Ming Hsu Chen
The Political Misrepresentation of Immigrants in the Census by Ming Hsu Chen, New York University Law Review, Vol. 96, 2021AbstractWho is a member of the political community? What barriers to inclusion…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Biden Administration’s Executive Actions
The Biden Administration this morning released a fact sheet on the Executive Orders it will issue later today. The immigration items are listed below:Reverse President Trump’s Executive Order Excluding Undocumented…
Immigration Lawyers Blog
Supreme Court Denies Trump Administration’s Challenge to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants From Census Count
The United States Supreme Court on December 18, 2020, rejected a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s plan to keep undocumented immigrants out of the census count. This gave the administration…
Supreme Court Update
Trump v. New York (No. 20-366)
By Tadhg Dooley, David R. Roth
On Friday, the Court issued its much (but only briefly) awaited decision in Trump v. New York (No. 20-366), rejecting (for now) a challenge to the Trump administration’s recently announced…
PrawfsBlawg
Godwin’s Law of Standing
Main Friday, December 18, 2020Godwin's Law of StandingAn intentionally provocative framing of Friday's standing decision: A mayor (to keep the numbers small) issues a memorandum ordering department heads to identify,…
PrawfsBlawg
Malevolence + Incompetence = No Standing
Main Friday, December 18, 2020Malevolence + Incompetence = No StandingThat is the gist of the Per curiam decision dismissing the challenge to exclusion of undocumented persons from the census for…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Court Rebuffs Census Challenge
Steven D. Schwinn, University of Illinois Chicago Law SchoolThe Supreme Court ruled today that the case challenging President Trump's plan to report reapportionment numbers to Congress without accounting for unauthorized…
PrawfsBlawg
Trump v. New York–The Four Corners Offense
Main Thursday, December 17, 2020Trump v. New York--The Four Corners OffenseThe Supreme Court did nothing with Trump v. New York (the census/apportionment case) before leaving for a month-long recess. This…