Videos

This collection of U.S. Census Bureau films and television ads produced between 1930 and 2020 encourage the public to participate in the constitutionally-mandated population count. Earlier…

This National Educational Television broadcast from 1960 details the results of the 1950 U.S. Census. Host George Stone and acting director of the 1950 Census Phillip Hauser, also a…

The U.S. Census Bureau produced these three ten-minute films to help train the “enumerators” who knocked on doors in 1940 to record census information. The first film is a general overview…

The House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hybrid hearing with federal and state officials on the 2020 U.S. Census. Also testifying was former U.S. Census Bureau Director John Thompson. The…

The House Oversight and Reform Committee examined President Trump’s efforts to not count undocumented immigrants in the 2020 Census. Committee members questioned witnesses, who included…

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters in the Capitol following their weekly caucus luncheon. Senator Schumer focused specifically on the next…

Theodore Olson and Douglas Smith talked about the 1962 Supreme Court case Baker v. Carr, in which the court ruled that the drawing of election districts was a constitutional rather than a political question…

FairVote senior fellow David Daley reported on efforts around the country to combat election tampering. This was a virtual author program.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and members of the Congressional Tri-Caucus held a news conference on the 2020 census and its impact on communities of color. Several members called on communities of color to be…

Steven Dillingham, U.S. Census Bureau director, said in testimony before the House Oversight and Reform Committee that his agency would be able to roll out he was confident the 2020 Census…

The House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing on the 2020 census. Representatives from minority and rural community organizations testified on concerns their constituencies had…

Supreme Court experts reviewed the court’s most recent term and previewed the next term scheduled to start on October 7, 2019. Speakers analyzed the court’s rulings on gerrymandering, the…

Legal experts debated President Trump’s efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census and the Supreme Court decision that halted those efforts.

U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham testified on the 2020 Census before the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. He addressed the bureau’s…

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan talked about the law and legal education during an appearance at Georgetown University Law Center. In her comments she said no part of her would accept the…

Steven Dillingham, Census Bureau director, testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on the 2020 Census rollout. Other topics relating to the census…

The House debated a resolution to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with subpoenas relating to the 2020…

The House Rules Committee met to discuss a rule on a resolution finding Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for their refusal to testify on…

Jacqueline Thomsen talked about the details of the Attorney General Barr-Commerce Secretary Ross contempt of Congress resolution being debated and voted on by the House the next day.

President Trump ordered all federal agencies to turn over documents and data regarding the number of non-citizens in the U.S. to the Commerce Department. He issued the executive order after the…