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Date	Author	Post Title
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07.11.19	Amy Howe	Trump administration ends effort to include citizenship question on 2020 census
07.05.19	Amy Howe	Government says it is looking at “all available options” to include citizenship question on 2020 census (UPDATED)
07.03.19	Amy Howe	City tells justices New York gun case is moot (UPDATED)
07.03.19	Amy Howe	2020 census questionnaires go to printer without citizenship question — but government says it will continue to look for “path forward” (UPDATED)
07.02.19	Ronald Mann	Justices call for reargument in dispute about Oklahoma prosecutions of Native Americans
06.28.19	Amy Howe	Opinion analysis: Court upholds warrantless blood tests for unconscious drunk-driving suspects
06.27.19	Amy Howe	Opinion analysis: No role for courts in partisan gerrymandering (Updated)
06.27.19	Amy Howe	Opinion analysis: Court orders do-over on citizenship question in census case (Updated)
06.26.19	Amy Howe	Opinion analysis: Divided court throws out additional jail time for sex offender
06.26.19	Amy Howe	Challengers urge justices not to decide racial-discrimination claim in census case

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- Department of Commerce v. New York
  The secretary of the Department of Commerce did not violate the enumeration clause or the Census Act in deciding to reinstate a citizenship question on the 2020 census questionnaire, but the district court was warranted in remanding the case back to the agency where the evidence tells a story that does not match the secretary’s explanation for his decision.
- Kisor v. Wilkie
  Auer v. Robbins and Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co – under which deference is given to an agency’s reasonable reading of its own genuinely ambiguous regulations – are not overruled.
- Rucho v. Common Cause
  Partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts.
- The American Legion v. American Humanist Association
  The Bladensburg Cross does not violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment.
- Gamble v. United States
  The dual-sovereignty doctrine – under which two offenses are not the “same offence” for double jeopardy purposes if prosecuted by separate sovereigns – is upheld.
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Response of Michael Dreeben to tributes upon his leaving the Office of the Solicitor General – Michael Dreeben

Michael Dreeben: A true public servant – Donald B. Verrilli

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