The Surprising End To The Citizenship Question
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts surprised virtually all court watchers by killing the Trump Administration’s efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. In so doing he saved his court, and the nation, from the embarrassing situation of validating the lies by which the administration had tried to justify this question. The […]
Gerrymandering Decision Could Energize California Model Around the U.S.
By a 5-4 vote, the United States Supreme Court turned back challenges to partisan re-districting, claiming the issue of gerrymandering was a political question outside the purview of the court. For those activists around the country who feel the drawing of electoral districts offer unfair representation as created by the party in power in state […]
The Citizenship Question and the 2020 Census
After a heated legal battle, the Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration cannot for now include a question on the 2020 Census asking if residents are US citizens. Why is this question so controversial—and what are the implications for California? First, the question could significantly discourage responses among immigrants, who might fear the […]
Summertime; the Livin’s (Not) Easy
School’s out! Time for hot days at the beach, popsicles, cranky arguments with bored siblings and freedom. Not to mention a summer job for high school teens, a tradition as American as apple pie. Who else remembers that feeling of being handed their first paycheck? Back in the dark ages, when I was a teen, […]