A divided Supreme Court ruled last week that the Commerce Department’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census violated federal law. Roberts said the explanation for adding the question didn't pass muster.
Activists look on during a press conference to announce a multi-state lawsuit to block the Trump administration from adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 Census form, at the headquarters of District Council 37, New York City's largest public employee union, April 3, 2018, in New York City. He quit because of Barr, Senate race tightening in battleground Michigan, Mayra Joli identified as 'nodding woman' at Trump town hall. The Census Act empowers the head of the Commerce Department to determine what the census will ask, aside from the number of persons residing at every address in the nation. The administration previously told the court that the questionnaire needed to be printed by the end of June. We are presented, in other words, with an explanation for agency action that is incongruent with what the record reveals about the agency's priorities and decisionmaking process.".
See why nearly a quarter of a million subscribers begin their day with the Starting 5. President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday he has asked lawyers whether it's possible to delay the census. The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a citizenship question from being added to the 2020 census for now. "For the first time ever, the Court invalidates an agency action solely because it questions the sincerity of the agency's otherwise adequate rationale," Thomas wrote. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on that question on Tuesday. For the first time in many years, the Supreme Court granted the petition to take the case immediately. ET. Every lower court asked to consider the issue has blocked the administration from adding the question, ruling that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross exceeded his authority under federal law or the Constitution by doing so. Follow him on Twitter @kenklukowski.
Activists look on during a press conference to announce a multi-state lawsuit to block the Trump administration from adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 Census form, at the headquarters of District Council 37, New York City's largest public employee union, April 3, 2018, in New York City. He quit because of Barr, Senate race tightening in battleground Michigan, Mayra Joli identified as 'nodding woman' at Trump town hall. The Census Act empowers the head of the Commerce Department to determine what the census will ask, aside from the number of persons residing at every address in the nation. The administration previously told the court that the questionnaire needed to be printed by the end of June. We are presented, in other words, with an explanation for agency action that is incongruent with what the record reveals about the agency's priorities and decisionmaking process.".
See why nearly a quarter of a million subscribers begin their day with the Starting 5. President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday he has asked lawyers whether it's possible to delay the census. The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a citizenship question from being added to the 2020 census for now. "For the first time ever, the Court invalidates an agency action solely because it questions the sincerity of the agency's otherwise adequate rationale," Thomas wrote. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on that question on Tuesday. For the first time in many years, the Supreme Court granted the petition to take the case immediately. ET. Every lower court asked to consider the issue has blocked the administration from adding the question, ruling that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross exceeded his authority under federal law or the Constitution by doing so. Follow him on Twitter @kenklukowski.
There are three issues in the case. The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court appear split along ideological lines on whether a citizenship question can be … "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 this case for 2020. The first is whether it violates the APA for the census to ask about citizenship. A divided Supreme Court ruled last week that the Commerce Department’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census violated federal law. Roberts said the explanation for adding the question didn't pass muster.
Activists look on during a press conference to announce a multi-state lawsuit to block the Trump administration from adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 Census form, at the headquarters of District Council 37, New York City's largest public employee union, April 3, 2018, in New York City. He quit because of Barr, Senate race tightening in battleground Michigan, Mayra Joli identified as 'nodding woman' at Trump town hall. The Census Act empowers the head of the Commerce Department to determine what the census will ask, aside from the number of persons residing at every address in the nation. The administration previously told the court that the questionnaire needed to be printed by the end of June. We are presented, in other words, with an explanation for agency action that is incongruent with what the record reveals about the agency's priorities and decisionmaking process.".
See why nearly a quarter of a million subscribers begin their day with the Starting 5. President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday he has asked lawyers whether it's possible to delay the census. The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a citizenship question from being added to the 2020 census for now. "For the first time ever, the Court invalidates an agency action solely because it questions the sincerity of the agency's otherwise adequate rationale," Thomas wrote. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on that question on Tuesday. For the first time in many years, the Supreme Court granted the petition to take the case immediately. ET. Every lower court asked to consider the issue has blocked the administration from adding the question, ruling that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross exceeded his authority under federal law or the Constitution by doing so. Follow him on Twitter @kenklukowski.
Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court has blocked a citizenship question from being added to the 2020 census for the time being in a major setback for the Trump administration.