NEW: Pres. Trump weighs in on Supreme Court 2020 census citizenship question case. 'The American people deserve to know who is in this Country,' the president tweeted.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday weighed in on Tuesday's arguments before the Supreme Court over his administration's plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, tweeting, The American people deserve to know who is in this Country."
How the justices rule will impact the decennial count which determines how congressional seats are apportioned, how many electoral votes each state receives in a presidential election and how billions in taxpayer dollars are distributed on a per capita basis. Three lower federal courts found that Ross acted illegally -- in an"arbitrary and capricious" manner -- circumventing the Administrative Procedures Act, which requires federal agencies to carefully study all relevant evidence and facts pertaining to a problem before implementing a new policy. The agency must also publicly lay out the reasons for a decision and allow public comment.
"It did seem like he was shopping for a need. You can't read this recommendation without thinking that this need was a contrived one," Kagan told Francisco. "The UN says be careful and test the question to ensure that it doesn't hurt the enumeration," countered Barbara Underwood, solicitor general for the state of New York."It's useful information for a country to have. The question is, should it be included on an instrument to get a count.""You're right. But we've had demographic questions on the Census -- sex, age, do you own a house or own a radio?" Roberts said.
"An undercount would threaten at least one of California's seats in the House of Representatives -- and, by extension -- an elector in the electoral college," said California attorney general Xavier Beccera."It would deprive California and its cities and counties of their fair share of billions of dollars in federal funds."
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