The U.S. Supreme Court surprised many court watchers Friday by how it fast-tracked onto its docket a dispute over the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
The justices used an uncommon maneuver in converting a government request for them to stop the deposition of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in a lower court trial into formal request for case review that they then granted despite no one asking them do go that far.
Arguments are set for Feb. 19.
Aaron Streett, a former Supreme Court clerk now at Baker Botts LLP in Houston, told Bloomberg Law in ...
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