Census to leave citizenship question off 2020 questionnaire
2019-07-03 09:54:13 source：Politico
July 2, 2019
The Census Bureau will not include a question about citizenship in the printed questionnaire for the 2020 census, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross confirmed Tuesday.
The decision represents a major defeat for the Trump administration five days after the Supreme Court refused to allow the question to be added without further explanation from Census officials. Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the court’s liberal wing last week in a surprising decision that sent the case back lower courts for further review.
It was an instance of the Trump administration suffering serious consequences from another branch of government for being less than truthful. Roberts said in his decision that the Commerce Department's explanation for including the question was "incongruent with what the record reveals about the agency's priorities and decision-making process." By delaying resolution of the matter, the high court apparently forced the Census Bureau, which faced a tight deadline, to proceed without the citizenship question.
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