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Wednesday, March 28th, 2018

At Least Twelve States to Sue Trump Administration Over Census Citizenship Question

Author:     MICHAEL WINES and EMILY BAUMGAERTNER
Source:     The New York Times
Publication Date:     MARCH 27, 2018 Continue reading the main storyShare This Page Share Tweet Email More
 Link: At Least Twelve States to Sue Trump Administration Over Census Citizenship Question
Stephan:   The Founders did not require many things in the Constitution: A Navy, a post office system, and every ten years a census. The census for most people is boring and arcane but, in truth, a great deal of what the government does, and how our democracy operates is dependent on the census. It is a very big deal. Because that is true I guess one should not be surprised that the Republicans are trying to rig the census. It is yet another proof -- again data not polemical bloviation -- that the Republican Party does not support a healthy democracy. Here the story.

New citizens watched a video of President Trump during a citizenship ceremony in New York in 2017. The Trump administration will add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census. Credit Devin Yalkin/The New York Times

WASHINGTON — At least 12 states signaled Tuesday that they would sue to block the Trump administration from adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 census, arguing that the change would cause fewer Americans to be counted and violate the Constitution.

The New York State attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, said he was leading a multistate lawsuit to stop the move, and officials in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Washington said they would join the effort. The State of California filed a separate lawsuit late Monday night.

“The census is supposed to count everyone,” said Attorney General Maura Healey of Massachusetts. “This is a blatant and illegal attempt by the Trump administration to undermine that goal, which will result in an […]

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