Supreme Court set to deliver ruling on census citizenship question

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Supreme Court is set to hand down its much-anticipated decision on whether the Trump administration can include a citizenship question on the 2020 census.

The question has been the subject of multiple legal challenges since it was announced in early 2018. And a courtroom twist this past week added a new level of drama that could affect the Census Bureau’s timeline for finalizing and printing the decennial questionnaire.

Opponents of the citizenship question cite studies that indicate it might lead to an inaccurate population count, which would impact the data used to determine congressional representation and the allocation of federal funds to states.

The administration, however, has been steadfast in its insistence that including the question is necessary to enforce the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/449869-supreme-court-set-to-deliver-ruling-on-census-citizenship-question?userid=229233

[csziggy]

1. What, they want to enforce the Voting Rights Act that their party ignores?

And that they have done their best to dismantle? Yeah, right.

[world wide wally]

2. Judging by this SC... It is dead in the water.

[tishaLA]

3. and I just read this....

U.S. Census Bureau Working Paper: "Predicting the Effect of Adding a Citizenship Question to the 2020 Census" (June 2019)
https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=6165808-U-S-Census-Bureau-Working-Paper-Understanding

It finds that adding a CitizenshipQuestion will likely reduce 2020 Census responses at a rate higher than previously estimated for U.S. households with noncitizens. "Best estimate" by researchers is now at least 8%--up from 5.8%