Ruth Bader Ginsburg Talks Census Case, Suggests 5-4 Supreme Court Rulings To Come

[RandySF]

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg suggested on Friday that the high court would soon be announcing several close rulings.

In prepared remarks delivered at the Second Circuit Judicial Conference, Ginsburg discussed several prominent cases argued this term in which decisions have yet to be released, including one on the hotly contested 2020 census.

The census case revolves around the Trump administration’s effort to add a question on the 2020 form asking every American household to identify the citizens and non-citizens among them. The administration has argued it needs to ask the question in order to compile better data to enforce the 1965 Voting Rights Act.



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ruth-bader-ginsburg-census-case_n_5cfabe57e4b04e90f1c9258d

[dalton99a]

1. The court must be expanded

otherwise we'll be at their mercy forever

[ProudLib72]

2. With very liberal 20 somethings

[MFM008]

4. Yes

Or high school graduates!
Im on board!
😊

[LiberalFighter]

3. Did they explain how the Census would provide better data to enforce the Voting Rights Act?

I would suggest that whatever data it might provide is already available and being used that does not involve any Census data.

[pecosbob]

5. This could be a bad month that may last decades

[srobertss]

6. The census issue has been a jolt to my system

I have finally grasped that elected Republicans are melting down the irony meter with their hypocrisy like Chernobyl, using Morning Joe’s apt description. But I foolishly expected better of the Supreme Court. Josh Marshall’s podcast outlined the stunning level of hypocrisy of the conservative justices. From ignoring the clear trail pointing to the real intention of using the census question to their use of international law, which they previously claimed was completely outside the bounds of decision making. I’ve had to readjust my entire frame of mind to encompass this. I’m now trying to get used to the fact that we’re possibly living in a time where Voldemort is winning. Or at the very least, where 40% of the country are cheering him on.

Here’s the link to the podcast: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/podcasts/the-josh-marshall-podcast/what-to-expect-when-scotus-rules-on-the-census-citizenship-case

[OliverQ]

7. I'm not sure this country is going to ever recover.

The Supreme Court is about to legalize Republican cheating on a national scale. Voting won't be able to fix it.