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Reminder: Multiple federal injunctions are in place to block the action that Trump is widely expected to take.
All of the DOJ attorneys who would have to answer for violating these injunctions tried to leave the case but were not allowed to do so.
All of the DOJ attorneys who would have to answer for violating these injunctions tried to leave the case but were not allowed to do so.
There is a (cultivated) public misunderstanding that including the citizenship question will help the government figure out who is or is not a citizen.
The Census Bureau’s analyses found that administrative records are more effective for this purpose.
The Census Bureau’s analyses found that administrative records are more effective for this purpose.
In fact, the Census Bureau found that adding a citizenship question will lead to millions of responses that are *inconsistent* with data from administrative records and would cost the government $82.5 million because of increased non-response rate.
The ruling that the Supreme Court upheld -- by U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman -- spans 277 dense pages filled with data about how the census actually operates and what the effect of the citizenship question will be.
Worth rereading today: courthousenews.com/wp-content/upl…
Worth rereading today: courthousenews.com/wp-content/upl…
An attorney for the Census Bureau just entered a notice of appearance in SDNY.
