CENSUS CASE UPDATE: The 2nd Circuit told DOJ its motion for a stay of the trial proceedings was premature, denying it for now. 
Here's my thread from yesterday on this:
Meanwhile, at the district court, the plaintiffs filed their opposition to DOJ's stay request there earlier today: documentcloud.org/documents/5205…
And, Judge Furman also denied the stay request at the district court, writing a bit testily, “Defendants' latest motion to halt these proceedings is DENIED.” (I’m out of the office at the moment, but will post the opinion when I return!)
Sorry I'm so late with this, but to close this thread ... Here is Judge Furman's opinion denying a stay of proceedings in the Census case. It's fire. documentcloud.org/documents/5205…
And, yes, DOJ already has filed a letter regarding its "automatically renewed" stay request before the 2nd Circuit. documentcloud.org/documents/5205…
So, we now await one of the following:
- word from the 2nd Circuit on what's next;
- a response from NY and the other challengers; or
- DOJ to file directly at SCOTUS without waiting on the 2nd Circuit.
- word from the 2nd Circuit on what's next;
- a response from NY and the other challengers; or
- DOJ to file directly at SCOTUS without waiting on the 2nd Circuit.
