7/2/2019

CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/COURTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration said Tuesday [7-2-19] that it will not ask about citizenship status on the 2020 census, backing off a contentious effort to reinstate the question over objections from opponents who successfully argued to the Supreme Court that it would disenfranchise minority groups. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who originally directed the Census Bureau to add the question, said in a statement that he was moving ahead with printing the 2020 census despite his disagreement with the court’s ruling last week…The order to print came suddenly, surprising attorneys who had challenged the Trump administration. As recently as Monday [7-1-19], President Donald Trump had said his administration was looking for ways to delay the once-a-decade tally so that the question could be included…The government had initially said that Monday was the deadline to begin printing forms. As late as Monday afternoon, however, the administration asked a federal judge in Maryland for more time to decide how it would proceed following the Supreme Court decision.”

Ariane de Vogue and Gregory Wallace, “Trump administration won’t ask about citizenship on census,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, July 2, 2019 9:19 pm