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Zoe Tillman
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Hello from ... my desk, where we are waiting for the latest round of SCOTUS opinions at 10am. We're getting to the very end of the term and there are 20 cases left — will we get opinions on the census citizenship Q or partisan gerrymandering today? Who knows!
Opinion #1 today: Not the census or partisan gerrymandering cases
Opinion #2: Also not census or partisan gerrymandering
Opinion #3: Thrice not the census or partisan gerrymandering cases (here's the opinion: supremecourt.gov/opinions/18pdf…)
This also sums up my feelings
And that's a wrap for today. Opinion #4: Again, not the census citizenship Q or partisan gerrymandering cases
I'll be traveling, so make sure to follow @BuzzFeedNews
for updates (as well as the great @KimberlyRobinsn, of course!)
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