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Morning DocketMorning Docket: 07.17.19
* A divided House of Representatives voted to “strongly condemn[] President Donald Trump’s racist comments” that were recently lodged against four Democratic congresswomen of color “that have legitimized and increased fear and hatred of new Americans and people of color.” [NBC News]
* Plaintiffs in the census citizenship case are seeking sanctions against the Department of Justice for committing “fraud on the court” after allegedly hiding the truth about the case’s origins during trial. This should be interesting, considering the Supreme Court seemed to agree… [Reuters]
* Which Biglaw firms are playing host to 2020 Democratic presidential candidates? Quite a few, actually! From Milbank to Kirkland to Paul Weiss, these politicians are getting cozy with their future lawyers. [American Lawyer]
* Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has Pennsylvania Supreme Court to declare the death penalty unconstitutional because he claims it’s arbitrary and racially biased. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
* Salary news you can use: If you’ve got a law degree and you work in a compliance role, you can expect to make more money than your colleagues without JDs at each and every stage of your career. [Corporate Counsel]
* Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, the former leader of the liberal wing of the Supreme Court, RIP. [New York Times]
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GovernmentTrump To Defy Court, Order An Illegal Census Be Taken
The Census is now an illegal document that should be thrown out, and the people who promulgate it arrested. 
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GovernmentDid Federal Programs Lawyers At DOJ Just Nope Out Of Further Embarrassment Over The Census?
Attorney General switches out the legal team... maybe career DOJ lawyers finally reached their humiliation limit?
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CourtsJohn Roberts Sends The Citizenship Question Back To Commerce For More Whitesplaining
We finally have a Supreme Court decision that recognizes that Donald Trump is the president. -
Government
Documents Prove Citizenship Question Added To Boost White Power, And The Supreme Court Is Probably Cool With That
Newly revealed documents show Republicans are lying, but SCOTUS probably won't care. -
Courts
Supreme Court Fast Tracks Census Case, Because They Already Know How They're Going To Rule
Wilbur Ross's intellectually dishonest attempt to add a citizenship question to the Census will get Supreme Court review before the Census goes out. -
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New York Judge Fully Annihilates Citizenship Question For Upcoming Census
We already do the Census stupidly, but a District Judge halts Trump's attempts to make it even less accurate. 
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GovernmentThe Justice Department Is Trying To Establish Minority White Control For Another Generation
We move ever closer to an apartheid system in America.
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