Trump's idea for U.S. Census delay would be unprecedented -experts

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, June 27 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday proposed an extraordinary delay to the 2020 census after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked his effort to add a citizenship question, but legal experts said such a move would violate the Constitution.

The U.S. Constitution directs the census take place every 10 years, and a delay via executive action would be unprecedented, experts said.

Terri Ann Lowenthal, a former staff director of the House of Representatives subcommittee overseeing the census, said a delay would run afoul of “the constitutional requirement for an enumeration every 10 years” and “the statutory requirement to … report the state population totals by the end of the census year.” “Essentially, we would be facing a constitutional crisis,” Lowenthal said.

On Twitter after his setback before the Supreme Court, Trump said, "I have asked the lawyers if they can delay the Census, no matter how long, until the United States Supreme Court is given additional information from which it can make a final and decisive decision on this very critical matter."

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[FakeNoose]

1. If he delays the census, it's one more thing to impeach Chump for

Plus it means the Repukes can't use census data to do more gerrymandering damage, like they are definitely planning to do. So maybe a delay wouldn't be so bad, at least delay it until Chump is out of office.

[Bettie]

2. But he'll do it

and there will be nothing done to stop it.

That's how this works now. Trump does what he wants to and no one stops it.

[True Blue American]

3. Trump always spouts off. Never follows through. He will forget

Tomorrow.

[leftieNanner]

4. Well, no one has stopped him so far!

In virtually anything. So why no try?

I hate this man beyond all reason.

[John Fante]

10. Trump has lost over 90% of his court cases since becoming president,

and he can't get any meaningful legislation passed now that the Democrats control the house.

We are not powerless to stop him.

[leftieNanner]

11. Thank you for that reminder

It just seems that he never has any consequences.

[John Fante]

12. I know how you feel.

I was reminding myself if anything.

[bdamomma]

5. everything he

does is

"unprecedented"

[Thomas Hurt]

6. fn people just keep minimizing Trump's raging hard on to be America's Putin.

When will they learn he is a fascist wannabe dictator.

[Bettie]

8. When he's an actual fascist dictator

and it is too late to do anything about it.

Congresspersons will say "how did that happen"? But they'll be fine because most of them are wealthy enough to leave the country.

[mr_lebowski]

7. In other words Mr. "No Do-Overs!" ... wants a fucking do-over. Whadda Asshat (nt)

[Totally Tunsie]

9. "I'm the pResident, and rulzzzzz mean nothing to me."

"We don't need no stinkin' rulzzzzz. We don't need no stinkin' census. I already told ya', we got too many people, like no one has ever seen before."