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12wonderY
Trump to order citizenship question on census, despite Supreme Court ruling
and Bruce Ackerman argues
Why Trump’s Census Play Is Blatantly Unconstitutional
If Trump moves ahead, he will be threatening a centuries-old consensus that puts Congress in charge of the Census. This legal foundation has been tested and reaffirmed repeatedly throughout American history—the last time when another Republican Party threatened by immigration considered modifying the census process to fit their political ends.
Article One of the Constitution explicitly put the census in the hands of Congress, not the president.
(I'd have to copy most of the article to adequately lay out his history lesson, so just go read it.)
and Bruce Ackerman argues
Why Trump’s Census Play Is Blatantly Unconstitutional
If Trump moves ahead, he will be threatening a centuries-old consensus that puts Congress in charge of the Census. This legal foundation has been tested and reaffirmed repeatedly throughout American history—the last time when another Republican Party threatened by immigration considered modifying the census process to fit their political ends.
Article One of the Constitution explicitly put the census in the hands of Congress, not the president.
(I'd have to copy most of the article to adequately lay out his history lesson, so just go read it.)
22wonderY
Trump expected to end his fight to add citizenship question to census, sources say
President Donald Trump is expected to announce later Thursday he is backing down from his effort to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census, and will instead take executive action that instructs the Commerce Department to obtain an estimate of U.S. citizenship through other means, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
President Donald Trump is expected to announce later Thursday he is backing down from his effort to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census, and will instead take executive action that instructs the Commerce Department to obtain an estimate of U.S. citizenship through other means, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
