A federal judge has now permanently blocked the Trump administration from adding the citizenship question to the 2020 census: CNN – A New York federal judge has issued an order definitively blocking the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census in any form, despite the administration’s insistence it has abandoned plans to […] More
President Donald Trump announced Thursday he’ll be issuing an executive order directing federal agencies to provide the Commerce Department with records pertaining to “the number of citizens and noncitizens in our country.” Speaking to reporters from the White House Rose Garden, Trump said his administration is “not backing down on our effort to determine the citizenship […] More
The Post and Courier reports that during a visit to South Carolina today, AG Barr said a legal work-around will be presented that will finally allow the citizenship question on the 2020 census. Attorney General Barr spoke to reporters after a visit to a federal prison and commented on the census question: “I think, over the […] More
Trump is reportedly considering an executive order that would put the citizenship question back on the 2020 census: AXIOS – President Trump is considering an executive order to try to move forward with a citizenship question on the 2020 census, top sources tell Jonathan Swan and me. “We didn’t come this far just to throw in […] More
Trump wasn’t happy with the decision by the Supreme Court this morning and announced plans to delay the 2020 census until the Supreme Court can rule on the matter again: Seems totally ridiculous that our government, and indeed Country, cannot ask a basic question of Citizenship in a very expensive, detailed and important Census, in […] More
There’s not a lot of substance to go on here yet, but from media reports it sounds like the Supreme Court may end up ruling in favor of Trump adding the citizenship question to the census. Here’s what we know from Bloomberg: Key U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed inclined to let the Trump administration add a […] More
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