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stillcool

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6. After reading this...
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 01:23 PM
Jun 2019

I don't think I want to know the decision.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/06/census-case-john-roberts-bush-v-gore-tragedy.html
The Census Case Is Shaping Up to Be the Biggest Travesty Since Bush v. Gore
By RICHARD L. HASEN

The government claims the printing deadline is imminent, but the 4th Circuit found that the printing can actually wait until October. This issue deserves full and fair vetting. The Supreme Court can deal with any injunction from the district court or the 4th Circuit in later filings after the trial court finds all the facts about possible discriminatory intent from the Hofeller evidence.

Indeed, in another case of similar political import, a Supreme Court majority declared the following: “The press of time does not diminish the constitutional concern. A desire for speed is not a general excuse for ignoring equal protection guarantees.” That case was Bush v. Gore, the case ending the disputed 2000 presidential election and handing the election to Republican George W. Bush over Democrat Al Gore. There, the justices of the Supreme Court let politics get in the way of a fair decision. It looks like history may be about to repeat itself.


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