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Breaking: federal judge strikes down Trump admin's decision to add citizenship question on 2020 census. This is huge victory for democracy
Here's 277-page opinion striking down citizenship question on 2020 census. Federal judge rules "hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of people will go uncounted in the census if the citizenship question is included." brennancenter.org/sites/default/…
For background on big decision striking down census citizenship question, read my @MotherJones feature on how Trump admin trying to rig 2020 census. This is one of biggest threats to democracy in US motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
Federal judge ripped Commerce Sec Wilbur Ross for adding citizenship question to 2020 census, saying he "alternately ignored, cherry-picked, or badly misconstrued evidence" "acted irrationally" & basically lied about needing the question to enforce Voting Rights Act
Trump admin "violated the law" & "violated public trust" by adding citizenship question to 2020 census, federal judge ruled in scathing opinion today. Shredded evidence Trump admin presented in court & basically said Wilbur Ross lied about why he added q motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Here’s why everyone should care about how Trump admin trying to rig 2020 Census
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Ari Berman
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Wilbur Ross testifying before House today. He's already lied under oath about census citizenship question:

1. Said DOJ requested q when he did

2. Said didn’t discuss w/ Trump officials when Steve Bannon put him in touch with Kris Kobach to add question

motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
And Wilbur Ross absurdly claimed census citizenship question needed to enforce Voting Rights Act when even top Trump DOJ official admitted "not necessary." Trump admin hasn't filed single lawsuit to enforce VRA motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
Federal court said Wilbur Ross "violated the law" & "violated public trust" by adding citizenship question to 2020 census. Ross “alternately ignored, cherry-picked, or badly misconstrued the evidence in the record before him" motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
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Ari Berman
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Breaking: House passes HR1, most important democracy reform bill in a generation. It includes:

-Automatic voter registration

-Nationwide early voting

-Public financing of elections

-End to Congressional gerrymandering

-Release of POTUS tax returns

motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Mitch McConnell has called HR1 a "power grab" for Dems & vowed to block Senate vote, admitting Republican do better when fewer people vote. "Having McConnell as the face of opposition to HR1 will just add strength to it” chief sponsor @RepSarbanes told me motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
HR1 represents largest expansion of voting rights since passage of Voting Rights Act:

-Automatic registration
-Election Day registration
-2 weeks early voting
-Election Day holiday
-Funding for paper ballots
-End to purging
-Independent redistricting

motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
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Ari Berman
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A shorter sentence than black woman in Texas who got 5 years for voting while on supervised release
Here's story of Crystal Mason, who got 5 years for illegally voting even though she didn't realize she was ineligible to vote. Paul Manafort got less time for betraying his country huffingtonpost.com/entry/felon-vo…
Hispanic woman in Texas with green card got 8 years in prison for voting when she didn't realize she was ineligible, twice the sentence of Paul Manafort nytimes.com/2017/02/10/us/…
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The top Trump official behind the #2020census #citizenshipquestion is being questioned in Congress today.

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