The US Supreme Court has signaled support for the Trump administration’s plan to ask each person in the country if they are an American citizen.
According to Bloomberg, key justices “seemed inclined to let the Trump administration add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census” during Tuesday oral arguments.
Hearing arguments in Washington, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh directed almost all their questions to the lawyers challenging the decision to ask about citizenship. Kavanaugh said Congress gave the Commerce secretary “huge discretion” to decide what to ask on the census. -Bloomberg
The Constitution requires that the government survey all “persons” living in the United States each decade. Until 1950, the census regularly asked about citizenship – however it was discontinued out of fears that it would harm participation.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the census, has indicated that he wants to reinstate the question at the request of the Justice Department in order to improve enforcement of the federal voting rights law, reports ABC News.
The case is the first analysis of a Trump administration initiative since they upheld President Trump’s travel ban last year.
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