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SUPREME COURT: JUSTICE SCALIA DEATH AND SCOTUS CHANGES
June Rulings Pending

On Thursday, the court is expected to hand down more of the 20 remaining decisions on its current docket. 

Among those are three blockbuster cases of the term:
  • Separation of Church & State -- The American Legion v. American Humanist Association: a case from Maryland that tests whether a giant World War I memorial in the shape of a Latin cross is, as the challengers maintain, a symbol of Christianity that violates the Constitution's ban on establishment of religion. The objectors are seeking its removal to private property and an end to taxpayer funding of the cross.
  • Fair & Representative Elections --   Rucho v. Common Cause (North Carolina) and Lamone v. Benisek(Maryland): cases from North Carolina and Maryland that test whether there is any constitutional limit to extreme partisan gerrymandering that serves to entrench one-party domination of congressional seats in states that are more narrowly divided.
  • Census Citizenship Questions -- Department of Commerce v. New York: State and local governments are challenging the Trump administration's plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The Census Bureau's own experts have warned that adding the question will lead to a serious and uneven undercount of the population, with potentially profound political consequences.
Ref:  
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/17/733408135...hree-cases
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme...s-n1014771
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RE: SUPREME COURT: JUSTICE SCALIA DEATH AND SCOTUS CHANGES - by HairOfTheDog - 06-18-2019, 09:05 PM