Court ruling foils Trump’s bid to add citizenship question to US census
The census question became a hot-button issue ahead of the 2020 election because of its high-stakes political implications
27 June 2019 - 17:57
Washington — The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s administration did not give an adequate explanation for its plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, delivering a victory to New York state and others challenging the proposal.
The census question became a hot-button issue ahead of the 2020 election because of its high-stakes political implications. Two weeks ago Trump asserted his executive privilege to block Congress from obtaining documents related to how his administration had tried to include the citizenship question to the census...
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