The Supreme Court’s Next Three Weeks Could Shake Up the 2020 Election

  • Justices to rule on census, gerrymandering by the end of June
  • Supreme Court may hear immigration case at height of campaign

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The U.S. Supreme Court enters the homestretch of its term with looming decisions that could affect the 2020 election and thrust the court even deeper into the nation’s political wars.

Between now and the end of June, the nine justices will rule on two intensely political issues -- whether President Donald Trump’s administration can put a citizenship question on the 2020 census and whether federal courts can strike down voting maps as excessively partisan.