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Tue Jan 15, 2019, 11:01 AM Jan 2019

Judge finds Trump admin's decision to add a citizenship question to 2020 Census is unlawful

Zoe Tillman @ZoeTillman 11m11 minutes ago
NEW: 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) bigtree Jan 2019 OP
This is great news Gothmog Jan 2019 #1
Excellent! (nt) klook Jan 2019 #2
"Secretary Ross acted without observing procedures required by LAW... WePurrsevere Jan 2019 #3
Yes! Was just about to post this. underpants Jan 2019 #4

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
3. "Secretary Ross acted without observing procedures required by LAW...
Tue Jan 15, 2019, 11:23 AM
Jan 2019

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?

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