The DOJ have been 'instructed to examine whether there is a path forward, consistent with the Supreme Court's decision, that would allow us to include the citizenship question on the census,' Joseph
The Department of Justice , reversing course on whether the 2020 census would ask respondents to disclose their citizenship status, declared on Wednesday that they are finding a way to add the question on orders from President Donald Trump.
"The News Reports about the Department of Commerce dropping its quest to put the Citizenship Question on the Census is incorrect or, to state it differently, FAKE! We are absolutely moving forward, as we must, because of the importance of the answer to this question," the presidentFollowing Trump's comments, Joseph Hunt, an assistant attorney general with DOJ's civil division, told federal Judge George Hazel in Maryland on Wednesday that the department's...
The Supreme Court ruled against having the citizenship question added to the census last week, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. writing that the Trump administration's justification for the measure"appears to have been contrived." However, he allowed an opportunity for the administration to offer a more adequate explanation.
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