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NEW: At 9:44 p.m. ET, President Trump tweeted about U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman’s order rejecting Justice Dept request to swap out lawyers in #CitizenshipQuestion lawsuits in NY. Furman’s order said DOJ needs to provide reason per local court rules👇
2. Here’s the local court rule requiring “satisfactory reasons for withdrawal) that U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman cited in his opinion explaining why he did not allow most of the DOJ attorneys to leave #CitizenshipQuestion cases in NY (see p. 11)👇
nysd.uscourts.gov/rules/rules-20…
nysd.uscourts.gov/rules/rules-20…
3. @TheJusticeDept’s request to withdraw attorneys from #CitizenshipQuestion cases in NY provides — in the words of Judge Furman — “no reason, let alone ‘satisfactory reasons’ “👇
4. The wording of the #CitizenshipQuestion the Trump administration has proposed adding is “Is this person a citizen of the United States?” — not “Are you a Citizen of the United States?”
This detail matters bc wording has to be tested before Qs can be added to census forms👇
This detail matters bc wording has to be tested before Qs can be added to census forms👇
