BREAKING: @SecretaryRoss must sit for deposition about his decision to add the citizenship question to the 2020 census.
"Secretary Ross must sit for deposition because, among other things, his intent and credibility are directly at issue."
Background: courthousenews.com/unsealed-ross-…
"Secretary Ross must sit for deposition because, among other things, his intent and credibility are directly at issue."
Background: courthousenews.com/unsealed-ross-…
Here is the breaking 12-page ruling ordering Wilbur Ross to the hot seat. documentcloud.org/documents/4918…
Placeholder breaking story on ordering Ross's deposition. More TK. courthousenews.com/judge-orders-s…
In one scathing passage from the ruling, Judge Furman calls the government's efforts to shield Ross from testifying "surprising, if not unsettling."
Referring to the citizenship question's addition, Judge Furman wrote: "Secretary Ross was personally and directly involved in the decision, and the unusual process leading to it, to an unusual degree."
My editor @BLeonardCNS with a @CourthouseNews story: courthousenews.com/judge-orders-s…
My editor @BLeonardCNS with a @CourthouseNews story: courthousenews.com/judge-orders-s…
Also, today in #AlwaysReadTheFootnotes, Furman skewers the argument that a federal judge ordering an agency head's deposition would have separation of power issues for a co-equal branch of government.
Congress, where Ross testified, is also a co-equal branch, Furman notes.
Congress, where Ross testified, is also a co-equal branch, Furman notes.
