01

Nov

Monthly Redistricting Update, NEWScensus, census 2020, Monthly Updates, U.S. Census Bureau

Monthly Redistricting Update: October 2020

By Editor

Its November 1st and here is what happened on the redistricting front in October. The big news is still the litigation surrounding census operations and how the data will be…

26

Oct

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CA Federal Court Panel Invalidates Presidential Order to Exclude “Illegal Aliens” from Apportionment Count

By Editor

On Thursday (Oct. 22) a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Jose Division) issued a final order and opinion invalidating the president's…

19

Oct

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Supreme Court Schedules November Oral Argument in Undocumented Immigrant Apportionment Case

By Editor

On Friday, the Supreme Court announced it would expedite an appeal by the Trump administration after a lower district court halted the administration’s plan to exclude people who are in…

14

Oct

Case Updates, LATEST, LAW, NEWS, Redistricting Litigationcensus, census 2020, lpscotus, U.S. Census Bureau

Supreme Court Stays Lower Court Restraining Order, Allows Census Counting to End Early

By Editor

On Sept. 24th the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California issued a preliminary injunction that enjoined the U.S. Census Bureau from ending its counting operations on September…

05

Oct

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Federal Judge Reprimands Census Bureau for Violating its Restraining Order

By Editor

On Sept. 24th the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California issued a preliminary injunction that enjoins the U.S. Census Bureau from ending its counting operations on September…

25

Sep

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Federal Judge Orders Census Count to Continue Through Oct 31

By Editor

A U.S. District Judge in the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction that enjoins the U.S. Census Bureau from ending its counting operations on September 30. The…

21

Sep

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Restraining Order Halting Census Wind-down Operation is Extended by Judge

By Editor

On Thursday, a federal district court judge extended a temporary restraining order barring the Census Bureau from wrapping up its counting operations in order to deliver census results on its…

14

Sep

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Washington State Data Office: Privacy Protected Census Data it Sampled is “Unfit” to Use

By Michelle Davis

"The majority of the data output from the DAS [disclosure avoidance system] appears to be unfit for most uses." Is how a letter to the Census Bureau's Disclosure Avoidance Team…

13

Sep

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Watch: House Committee Holds Hearing on Census Timeline

By Editor

On September 10, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a hearing on the status of the Census Bureau's operations in light of Covid-19 delays and other challenges. The…