Extending a stay, the Supreme Court shielded Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Monday night from having to testify about why he is adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Though the order is unsigned, a concurring opinion from Justice Neil Gorsuch calls it “highly unusual, to say the least,” that the government is expected […]
Challenge to Citizenship Question on 2020 Census Survives…
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross may have added the citizenship question to the 2020 census for discriminatory reasons, a federal judge ruled Thursday, advancing a challenge by 18 states, several cities and nongovernmental groups. New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood called the ruling “a big win for New Yorkers and everyone across the country who cares […]
Who Knew Adding a Citizenship Question to the 2020 Census Would Create Such a Ruckus…
Democratic attorneys general in several states said Tuesday they would bring legal action to stop the Trump administration from adding a question on citizenship to the next U.S. census, a question they said would lead to serious undercounts that could reverberate for years to come. The administration said late Tuesday it would include a question […]