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Word is that we MIGHT see the SCOTUS decision on the Census question as early as Monday, which would mean that these Hofeller files-evidence that the GOP did attempt to fix this, won't affect the outcome. #SaturdayMotivation
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/…
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2-"But after the Hofeller files came to light earlier this month, civil rights groups asked U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in New York to consider sanctions against the government, and asked the Supreme Court to delay its ruling. In Maryland last week, plaintiffs’ lawyers asked
3-"Hazel to reconsider whether the government intended to discriminate against immigrants, Latinos and Asian Americans by adding the question, or whether adding the question was part of a conspiracy within the Trump administration to violate the constitutional rights of
4-"noncitizens and people of color. A hearing on the issue is scheduled Tuesday in Greenbelt. The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the new Hofeller material. But earlier this month it called the Hofeller-related claims “frivolous,”
5-"saying there was no evidence that administration officials were aware of the strategist’s study and accusing plaintiffs of trying to derail the Supreme Court decision..." ~WaPo
