Trump wasn’t happy with the decision by the Supreme Court this morning and announced plans to delay the 2020 census until the Supreme Court can rule on the matter again:
Seems totally ridiculous that our government, and indeed Country, cannot ask a basic question of Citizenship in a very expensive, detailed and important Census, in this case for 2020. I have asked the lawyers if they can delay the Census, no matter how long, until the…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2019
…..United States Supreme Court is given additional information from which it can make a final and decisive decision on this very critical matter. Can anyone really believe that as a great Country, we are not able the ask whether or not someone is a Citizen. Only in America!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2019
It is ridiculous, especially for such a basic and important question about citizenship.
According to J. Christian Adams, there’s actually no need to delay the census because the ACLU told the courts that the deadline was October:
Here’s the bottom line, @SecretaryRoss can still get the citizenship question on the #Census2020, after all the @ACLU told the courts the real deadline was October. No need to delay the #Census. #Immigration.
— J. Christian Adams (@ElectionLawCtr) June 27, 2019
Whatever the case, I would imagine Trump can delay it if he needs to. And if he doesn’t, all the better. Hopefully, Roberts will get it right the next go round.
Via TRS
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