Thread by @BBuchman_CNS

NOW: The DOJ has filed a status report in the census challenge in MD - Gov't attys again state they've been asked to review "all available options." That said, if the admin wants to come up with a "new rationale,' DOJ says it will notify the court.
documentcloud.org/documents/6183…

For now, what this means, is the injunctions stay in place and the census continues to print without the citizenship question.
I'll have a story coming up for @CourthouseNews.

My story on today's order by Judge Hazel here:
courthousenews.com/new-rationale-…
@CourthouseNews

Hazel noted that while both parties agreed to the proposed schedule, the view by the government that any further discovery should be put on hold until a decision is reached by Commerce Secretary Ross, failed to persuade him.

“Plaintiff’s remaining claims are based on the premise that the genesis of the citizenship question was steeped in discriminatory motive. The discovery contemplated by the court related to the recently discovered evidence in this case goes directly to that issue,” Hazel wrote.

“Regardless of the justifications defendants may now find for a ‘new’ decision, discovery related to the origins of the question will remain relevant.”
documentcloud.org/documents/6183…