New York state legislature on Monday passed package of election and voting reform provisions meant to modify one of the most systems in the country.. ..…

Our government is entitled to include citizenship question on the census and people in United States have obligation to answer, Kelly Laco, spokeswoman for Justice Department, said.. But the decision promoted lawsuit, led by New York, cities, and immigrant-rights groups. ..…

In a recent study, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law identified 136 different provisions of law granting president range of powers he can exercise if he declares emergency. ..…

federal judge New York City blocked the government from adding citizenship question on the 2020 census on Tuesday.. ..…

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District Judge Jesse Furman of Southern District of New York said in the decision that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross violated Administrative Procedure Act while deciding to add the citizenship question to the survey over the year and half of Trump administration.. ..…

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross violated in deciding to include question on the 2020 census asking about citizenship status and the question should for now be left off the survey, federal district court judge New York ruled on Tuesday.. ..…

Ross had claimed that he added the question to help Department of Justice enforce Voting Rights Act, and group of challengers led by New York Attorney General's Office alleged that this was pretext to mask his true goal of depressing immigrant communities. . ..…

District Judge Wendy Beetlestone of Philadelphia issued injunction on Monday in suit by the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, report New York Times, BuzzFeed News, Legal Intelligencer, NPR and Washington Post.. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr of Oakland,..…

What Garden Acosta, NYPIRG, the Puerto Rican community and the Satmar Hasidim accomplished in that struggle was a social justice miracle. But because the New York Times editorially opposed the grassroots campaign and was furious that it prevailed, Garden Acosta’s victory never got..…

Despite the optimism of the Arizona judge, the attempt by pro-Israel groups to purge US campus critics of Israel is gaining momentum. Writing in the New York Review of Books, Katherine Franke says, “Not since the McCarthy anti-Communist purges have we seen such an aggressive..…

NEW YORK — federal judge blocked Trump Tuesday from asking about citizenship status on the 2020 census, ing that officials ramrodded the question through for Republican political purposes to intentionally undercount immigrants... ..…

In his first State of the State Cuomo, laid out his vision for New York.. This year, we think is the year to enact in the broadest sense of the word justice, justice and justice, in his nearly hour speech... ..…