Supreme Court to hear census citizenship question dispute

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Source: Reuters, via WSAU

Supreme Court to hear census citizenship question dispute

Friday, November 16, 2018 12:48 p.m. CST

By Lawrence Hurley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it would hear oral arguments in February concerning a challenge by a group of states to the contentious decision by President Donald Trump's administration to ask people taking part in the 2020 national census whether they are citizens.

The legal question concerns the scope of evidence that a New York-based federal judge can consider at a trial in the case, which has almost concluded. The Supreme Court said in a brief order that it will hear arguments on Feb. 19.

Eighteen U.S. states, 15 cities and a handful of civil rights groups are asking U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in New York to remove the citizenship question, saying it will frighten immigrants into abstaining from the 2020 census, costing their communities political representation and access to federal aid due to a population undercount.

The justices on Nov. 2 allowed the trial to go ahead but blocked the deposition of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, whose department oversees the U.S. Census Bureau.
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(Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Additional report by Andrew Chung and Nick Brown; Editing by Will Dunham)

Read more: https://wsau.com/news/articles/2018/nov/16/supreme-court-to-hear-census-citizenship-question-dispute/

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Hat tip, Joe.My.God:

Supreme Court To Hear Census Citizenship Challege

https://www.joemygod.com/2018/11/supreme-court-to-hear-census-citizenship-challege/

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No article yet; just a tweet:

Supreme Court says it will hear arguments in case over adding citizenship question to Census

Link to tweet

[sandensea]

1. My guess is that the Extreme 5 will uphold it - but only for anyone who "looks" fawin'

"At the discretion of the census taker."

[PoliticAverse]

6. Re-read the post. The Supreme Court isn't being asked to rule on the inclusion of the question

itself, but rather "the scope of evidence that a New York-based federal judge can consider at a trial in the case".

[at140]

2. Can Census taker ask you to show proof of citizenship

if you answered yes?

[PoliticAverse]

3. The census asks for your race, can they ask for proof of that? n/t

[at140]

5. There are so many mixed race people now,

which race can they choose?

[PoliticAverse]

4. "The legal question concerns the scope of evidence that a New York-based federal judge can consider"

So the Supreme Court isn't going to rule on the Citizenship question itself - which was on the "American Community Survey ( "long form" ) census in 2010.