BREAKING: The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California today ordered the Trump administration to cease shutting down its census operations for at least the next twelve days, until a scheduled Sept. 17 hearing.
The order was issued after a hearing Friday in a lawsuit filed by civil rights groups, civil organizations and local governments last month to block the administration's attempt to rush census operations to a close by September 30.
The court acted in response to a motion that the plaintiffs filed last week where they asked for a temporary restraining order after lawyers for the government disclosed they have already begun winding down the census count, ahead of the end of this month as previously announced.
“Today’s ruling is a necessary and encouraging first step toward saving the 2020 Census from a massive undercount that will disproportionately affect our country’s communities of color," said @tomtmwolf.
“The 2020 Census needs more time than the Trump administration is offering if we are going to get the full, fair, and accurate count that the Constitution guarantees.”
