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DOJ says citizenship question being dropped from 2020 Census: NY attorney general's office

[FOX] The New York attorney general’s office said Tuesday the Justice Department has decided to print the 2020 Census without the citizenship question sought by the Trump administration, ending a contentious legal dispute over an issue that could soon affect the makeup of Congress and the Electoral College.

The Supreme Court ruled last week that the question couldn't be added for now, but left open the possibility that additional arguments could change its mind. Civil rights groups argued that the Trump administration's reasons for including the question were merely pretextual efforts to discourage illegal immigrants from responding to the Census.

Population counts from the Census are used to apportion House seats among the 50 states, and a new electoral map based on the Census will be in effect for the 2024 presidential election. States receive votes in the Electoral College equal to the number of members in their congressional delegation, counting both House and Senate seats.

In a tweet on Monday, Daniel Jacobson, who worked in the White House Counsel’s Office under President Obama, said a trial attorney at the Justice Department told him that "the printer has been instructed to begin the printing process" without the citizenship question.

"We won," Jacobson wrote.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Then don't use the results for determining the number of delegates, redistricting, etc... The data is tainted.

Posted by CrazyFool 2019-07-03 00:23|| 2019-07-03 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 This SCOTUS is an abomination if they do not understand apportionment versus Citizenship. We almost did not have a Nation over it.

Looks like they are working for those days again.

Posted by newc 2019-07-03 00:28|| 2019-07-03 00:28|| Front Page Top

#3 the Dept of Commerce is in charge of the Census Questionnaire, not the DoJ and certainly not the NY State Att Gen.

Not sure what is going on here

Posted by lord garth 2019-07-03 01:27|| 2019-07-03 01:27|| Front Page Top

#4 US Dept of Commerce put out a press release confirming this decision.

Too bad.

If Sec Ross had the ability to produce a good administrative record this would have been a win.

Trouble is that many Republicans are not really bureaucratically literate. So they don't know how to cya enough to make their decisions bullet proof in the courts.

Posted by lord garth 2019-07-03 03:38|| 2019-07-03 03:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Then don't use the results for determining the number of delegates, redistricting, etc... The data is tainted.

The low friction way the citizenship question was dropped suggest maybe something like that is in the works.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-07-03 04:56|| 2019-07-03 04:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Roberts has it in for Trump. Perhaps it started with the Obama Judge comment.
Trump is picking his battles with SCOTUS.

Posted by Thimp Clusort2035 2019-07-03 06:02|| 2019-07-03 06:02|| Front Page Top

#7 I don't understand. Aren't both departments under Trump appointees ? Why did Jacobson say "We won" ?

Posted by Dron66046 2019-07-03 06:11|| 2019-07-03 06:11|| Front Page Top

#8 Undermines national security. Title X USC, Section 246. Militia: composition and classes

(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States

So, how many citizens do you have? Where are they located? Where to establish regional mobilization centers near population concentrations?

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-07-03 07:55|| 2019-07-03 07:55|| Front Page Top

#9 Roberts is an absolute disgrace. He is all for the government controlling everything in our lives and keeping the cheap and exploitable labor available.

Posted by DarthVader 2019-07-03 09:07|| 2019-07-03 09:07|| Front Page Top

#10 Impeach Roberts.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-07-03 10:44|| 2019-07-03 10:44|| Front Page Top

#11 End life terms for the judiciary. Give them terms and term limits. You can't have a republic otherwise.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-07-03 11:27|| 2019-07-03 11:27|| Front Page Top

#12 Rush just declared the news that Trump has given up on getting the citizenship question on the 2020 census is fake news. Hope he's right.

Posted by jpal 2019-07-03 12:34|| 2019-07-03 12:34|| Front Page Top

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