Thread by @hansilowang

BREAKING: Judge rules against Trump admin plans to add #citizenshipquestion to #2020census, setting up a likely Supreme Court fight. A win for plaintiffs represented by @NewYorkStateAG @ACLU @NYCLU @arnoldporter, ruling is expected to be appealed to 2nd Circuit by @TheJusticeDept

@NewYorkStateAG @ACLU @NYCLU @arnoldporter @TheJusticeDept 2. Here's the full opinion by U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman against the Trump administration's plans to add a #citizenshipquestion to the #2020census👇

apps.npr.org/documents/docu…

@NewYorkStateAG @ACLU @NYCLU @arnoldporter @TheJusticeDept 3. Here's my write-up on the 1st ruling out of the #2020census #citizenshipquestion lawsuits👇

npr.org/2019/01/15/671…

4. “We are disappointed and are still reviewing the ruling,” says @TheJusticeDept spokesperson Kelly Laco in new statement on Judge Furman’s ruling against #2020census #citizenshipquestion👇

@TheJusticeDept 5. @NewYorkStateAG Letitia James, whose office represented some of the lead plaintiffs under former NYAG Barbara Underwood, calls Judge Furman's #citizenshipquestion ruling "a win for New Yorkers and American across the country who believe in a fair and accurate count"👇

@TheJusticeDept @NewYorkStateAG 6. “This ruling is a forceful rebuke of the Trump administration’s attempt to weaponize the census for an attack on immigrant communities," says @dale_e_ho of @ACLU, whose attorneys represented some of the lead plaintiffs in #2020census #citizenshipquestion lawsuits in NY👇

@TheJusticeDept @NewYorkStateAG @dale_e_ho @ACLU 7. "Today’s ruling provides an important check against the anti-immigrant overreach of the Trump administration," says @NYCLU's Executive Direct @JustAskDonna, whose office helped represent lead plaintiffs in #citizenshipquestion lawsuits in NY👇

8. I’ve reached out to @uscensusbureau for comment on Judge Furman’s #citizenshipquestion ruling. The bureau referred @NPR’s request for comment to @CommerceGov Department spokesperson Rebecca Glover, who deferred to @TheJusticeDept for comment👇

https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1085206311237832705?s=21

9. Judge Furman’s #citizenshipquestion ruling is “stunning,” says @RepCummings (D-Md.), chair of the House @OversightDems Committee expected to investigate why Commerce @SecretaryRoss decided to add the Q👇

@RepCummings @OversightDems @SecretaryRoss 10. Here's my updated write-up on what Judge Furman's decision means for the legal battle over the #2020census #citizenshipquestion, which is FAR from over (and stand by for more reax tweets)👇

npr.org/2019/01/15/671…

@RepCummings @OversightDems @SecretaryRoss 11. The top Democrat on House @AppropsDems subcommittee for census funding - @RepJoseSerrano of NY - says he's "encouraged" by Judge Furman's ruling against the #2020census #citizenshipquestion and that he will "continue to fight for a fair and accurate count"👇

@RepCummings @OversightDems @SecretaryRoss @AppropsDems @RepJoseSerrano 12. “This ruling confirms what we knew all along: the addition of a #citizenshipquestion to the #2020census was politically motivated and unlawful," says Sen. @brianschatz (D-Hawaii).

Recent letter to Schatz from Commerce @SecretaryRoss👇

https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1081343157776744448

@RepCummings @OversightDems @SecretaryRoss @AppropsDems @RepJoseSerrano @brianschatz 13. NEW: Here's the final order by U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman vacating Commerce @SecretaryRoss' decision to add a #citizenshipquestion to the #2020census - and spelling out how Ross' plans to add the Q can resume👇

apps.npr.org/documents/docu…

@RepCummings @OversightDems @SecretaryRoss @AppropsDems @RepJoseSerrano @brianschatz 14. @NAACP's President @DerrickNAACP calls ruling against #2020census #citizenshipquestion "a step in the right direction" & calls for continued vigilance in not letting the Trump administration to "use yet another mechanism to devalue and stifle the voices of people of color" 👇

@RepCummings @OversightDems @SecretaryRoss @AppropsDems @RepJoseSerrano @brianschatz @NAACP @DerrickNAACP 15. "We’re ready to fight this battle all the way up to the Supreme Court and win," says @SteveChoiNY of @thenyic, one of the lead #2020census #citizenshipquestion lawsuit plaintiffs in NY👇

@RepCummings @OversightDems @SecretaryRoss @AppropsDems @RepJoseSerrano @brianschatz @NAACP @DerrickNAACP @SteveChoiNY @thenyic 16. "Congress must now step in to remove the [citizenship] question and lift any cloud of uncertainty that will hang over final census preparations if the issue remains tied up in the courts," says @vanitaguptaCR, president and CEO of the @civilrightsorg👇

@RepCummings @OversightDems @SecretaryRoss @AppropsDems @RepJoseSerrano @brianschatz @NAACP @DerrickNAACP @SteveChoiNY @thenyic @vanitaguptaCR @civilrightsorg 17. "The clock is ticking. It is time for Congress to act and provide the U.S. Census Bureau with the clarity it needs to execute the #2020Census by removing the #citizenshipquestion once and for all," says @ArturoNALEO of @NALEO👇

@RepCummings @OversightDems @SecretaryRoss @AppropsDems @RepJoseSerrano @brianschatz @NAACP @DerrickNAACP @SteveChoiNY @thenyic @vanitaguptaCR @civilrightsorg @ArturoNALEO @NALEO 18. "As [the Black Alliance for Just Immigration] wages our own fight in Northern California against the #citizenshipquestion, we know today’s ruling is a first step to ensuring that our communities are properly accounted for," says @BAJItweet's Executive Director @attorneynana👇

@RepCummings @OversightDems @SecretaryRoss @AppropsDems @RepJoseSerrano @brianschatz @NAACP @DerrickNAACP @SteveChoiNY @thenyic @vanitaguptaCR @civilrightsorg @ArturoNALEO @NALEO @BAJItweet @attorneynana 19. "I’m glad the court has intervened to stop this hastily crafted and dangerous [citizenship] question from distorting our census," says @RepJudyChu (D-Calif.), who remembers when Commerce @SecretaryRoss gave what Chu calls "an untruthful answer"👇

https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1042130590168965125