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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJudge finds Trump admin's decision to add a citizenship question to 2020 Census is unlawful
Zoe Tillman @ZoeTillman 11m11 minutes agoNEW: Quick diversion from the Barr hearing to note a big opinion this morning out of SDNY following an eight-day bench trial, a judge has found that the Trump admin's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census is unlawful https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5684710/1-15-19-NY-v-Commerce-Opinion.pdf
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Judge finds Trump admin's decision to add a citizenship question to 2020 Census is unlawful (Original Post)
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Jan 2019
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Gothmog
(145,567 posts)1. This is great news
klook
(12,167 posts)2. Excellent! (nt)
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)3. "Secretary Ross acted without observing procedures required by LAW...
Including a statute that he notify Congress of the subjects planned for any census at least 3 years in advance. "
So... Not only is the citizenship census question BS but it's ILLEGAL BS. Why am I not surprised by this where these Trump jerks are concerned?
underpants
(182,883 posts)4. Yes! Was just about to post this.