SCOTUSBLOG: 'District Court was warranted in remanding to the agency, and we affirm that disposition

[hlthe2b]

The Court says that the secretary's decision to reinstate the citizenship question was reasonable and reasonably explained, "particularly in light of the long history of the citizenship question on the census," but on the other hand it says that it shares "the District Court's conviction that the decision to reinstate a citizenship question cannot be adequately explained in terms of DOJ's request for improved citizenship data to better enforce the" Voting Rights Act. "In these unusual circumstances," the court says, "the District Court was warranted in remanding to the agency, and we affirm that disposition."

[hlthe2b]

1. May be temporary relief... but Bottom line: no census question in 2020.

Although the Court sends the case back to the agency, it largely rejects the substantive objections New York raised regarding the agency's power to include a citizenship question. So the remand may prove to be a temporary, and limited, victory.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. Right. This is essentially the court saying "show your work," which could still be done before the

arbitrary deadline.

[hlthe2b]

3. Deadline for printing June 30. Lower court will likely issue injunction

[hlthe2b]

4. Laurence Tribe comments

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