Census Is 0-For-3 In Getting Judges To Toss Lawsuits About Citizenship Question

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By Tierney Sneed
August 22, 2018 4:16 pm

A third federal judge has denied a request by the Justice Department to throw out a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s move to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.

Maryland U.S. District Judge George Hazel Wednesday denied the administration’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit there spearheaded by Eric Holder’s National Democratic Redistricting Committee.

“Plaintiffs have made a strong preliminary showing that Defendants have acted in bad faith, and that Defendants’ stated reason for adding the citizenship question—to further enforce the VRA—was pretextual,” the judge’s opinion said.

Previously, federal judges in New York and California also issued orders letting lawsuits against the question to proceed, after Trump administration sought to have them thrown out.

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[Gothmog]

1. Trump keeps on losing these lawsuits

[PatSeg]

2. The damn courts

That is the reason why the first thing dictators do is to clear out the courts and replace with "friendly" justices. Too often we take the judicial branch for granted, but right now it is fighting a large share of our battles, especially being the legislative branch won't.

[Mc Mike]

3. So much winning.

[stopwastingmymoney]

4. Kick. Important! nt