Parks v. US Dept. of Commerce, et al.
The year 2020 brought with it a flurry of lawsuits challenging certain policy decisions made for the 2020 U.S. Census. Most of those lawsuits sought to stop the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Census Bureau from removing "illegal immigrants" from the census apportionment file, as set forth in the President's July 21, 2020 executive order. See, Excluding Illegal Aliens From the Apportionment Base Following the 2020 Census, 85 Fed. Reg. 44679 (Executive Order July 21,
The Case for Race
Americans are classified by race and ethnicity for a wide-variety of reasons. The United States federal government (usually through executive agencies) collects data on race and ethnicity and provide that data to the public. Lawyers commonly use race and ethnicity categories and race and ethnicity data to both prosecute and defend against discrimination cases. Race has been poorly understood throughout America's history. Over the course of American history, race has also prov
