Two-thirds of voters approve of a citizenship question on the 2020 census, and that includes a majority of Hispanic voters — despite claims by Democratic lawmakers that the inquiry would discourage participation in Latino communities. A Harvard University Center for American Political Studies/Harris poll found that 67% of all registered U.S. voters say the census […]
2020 U.S. Census Will Not Include Citizenship Question…
The U.S. government has just announced to trial attorneys the 2020 U.S. census will proceed without the controversial citizenship question included. According to lawyers involved in the case the DOJ has announced the decision and emailed the parties accordingly. [citations below] The census will be printed for use without the question of citizenship…
House Oversight Votes to Hold Barr, Ross in Contempt…
The House Oversight and Reform Committee voted largely along party lines on Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for failing to comply with congressional subpoenas. Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) broke with his party to vote with the panel’s Democrats. The high-stakes vote took place just hours after […]
ANALYSIS: Supreme Court Broadens Review of Census Dispute by Lyle Denniston…
The Supreme Court on Friday broadened the scope of its review of the legality of adding a question about citizenship to next year’s census, telling lawyers to add their views on whether that move would be unconstitutional. The case up to now has been only a test of whether asking everyone in America about their […]
Second Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Citizenship Question…
A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from including a citizenship question on the 2020 census, ruling the decision to add the question is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg of the district court in San Francisco is the second federal judge to reject the Trump administration’s bid to include the citizenship […]
Second Court Ruling on Census Citizenship Question (PDF)…
SCOTUS to Weigh in on Evidence in Census Citizenship-Question Dispute…
The Supreme Court announced this afternoon that it would hear oral argument in February in a dispute over evidence in the challenge to the government’s decision to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census. The order is the latest chapter at the court for the case; the justices had previously rejected the government’s […]
REPORT: 24 Million Could Skip Census Because of Citizenship Question…
The man who ran the 2000 census for the Clinton administration predicted Friday that more than 24 million people may refuse to take part in the 2020 count now that the survey is going to ask about citizenship status. Robert Shapiro, who was under secretary at the Commerce Department during the 2000 count, called the […]