Demonstrators Thursday at Supreme Court as the justices finish the term with key decisions on gerrymandering and census case involving attempt by Trump administration to ask everyone about their citizenship status in the 2020 census ( AP Photo J. ..…
Scott Applewhite ) WASHINGTON Advocates fighting for nonpartisan changes to voting maps across the country were left frustrated and disappointed Thursday after Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that it does not have the power to rule on political gerrymandering cases.. ..…
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WASHINGTON The Supreme Court completes its term Thursday with major decisions expected on partisan gerrymandering and Trump administration's plan to add citizenship question to the 2020 census.. ..…
WASHINGTON divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal courts may not intervene to block even the election maps drawn by state lawmakers, decision that allows such gerrymandering to continue unabated.. ..…
The 5-4 opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by the court's other conservatives said election maps drawn by North Carolina Republicans and Maryland Democrats are constitutional despite their one-sided nature.. ..…
Washington Supreme Court is forbidding President Donald Trump's administration from adding citizenship question to the 2020 census for now.. ..…
WASHINGTON Supreme Court blocked Trump administration's plan to add citizenship question to the 2020 census Thursday, giving opponents new hope of defeating it.. ..…
Washington On the Supreme Court's day of decisions before summer break, the conservative justices ruled that federal courts have no role to play in the dispute over the practice known as partisan gerrymandering. ..…
WASHINGTON closely divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that police do not need warrant before using blood drawn from driver to prove he was intoxicated.. ..…
WASHINGTON — In two charged rulings, Supreme Court dealt huge blow Thursday to efforts to combat the drawing of electoral districts for partisan gain and also put hold on Trump effort to add citizenship question to the 2020 census... ..…
Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump significant defeat on Thursday, ruling that his administration did not give explanation for its plan to include citizenship question on the 2020 census and preventing its addition to the decennial survey for now... ..…
By turning away challenges to political maps in, Supreme Court on Thursday rejected efforts to rein in the contentious practice of manipulating electoral district boundaries to entrench one party power Maryland and North Carolina... ..…
Washington The Supreme Court has blocked citizenship question from being added to the 2020 census for the time being in setback for Trump administration... ..…
Scott Applewhite ) WASHINGTON The Supreme Court delivered defeat to election-reform advocates for the in Thursday, reinstating gerrymandered district maps that it called highly partisan, by any measure... ..…
both main parties have engaged partisan gerrymandering, Republicans have been the primary beneficiaries of the practice since the last round of redistricting following the 2010 census.. ..…
The court says Trump explanation for wanting to add the question was more of distraction than explanation.. ..…
WASHINGTON The Supreme Court rejected Trump decision to include citizenship question in the 2020 census, finding that the explanation for the question appeared to be contrived... ..…
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