Supreme Court ruling pertained to New York census litigation, the citizenship question was also challenged in courts California, Washington, and Maryland, D.C.. ..…

Federal judges in New York, California, and Maryland cast doubt on Ross’s justification for adding the question and determined he decided to do so long before receiving the Justice Department’s memo. . ..…

The court had declined to similar cases five times before, most last year, when the justices refused to decide partisan gerrymandering challenges Wisconsin and Maryland. .. Former California Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke at rally outside Supreme Court March, lawmakers for political..…

Federal judges Maryland and California also have issued rulings to block the inclusion, saying it would violate Constitution's mandate to enumerate the population every 10 years.. ..…

Judges Maryland and California reached similar conclusions, and, the case took the unusual route of bypassing federal appeals panel to reach Washington... ..…

The in Maryland case, Lamone v. Erwin Chemerinsky, dean at University of California at Berkeley, the cases confront one of the significant issues confronting American democracy. ..…

At the state level, people of faith held interfaith services and submitted letters to state legislatures in support of marriage equality in states such as Minnesota, California, and Virginia. African American clergy from across Maryland participated in the effort to legalize marriage for..…