Opinion: It looks like Trump’s effort to rig the Census may succeed
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. By Paul Waldman Paul Waldman Opinion writer covering politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer April 23 at 3:18 PM It looks like the Trump administration’s effort to rig the 2020 Census to take funding and power away from immigrant communities — and make no mistake, that’s exactly what it is and nothing more — may very well succeed. The Post reports:
Let me catch you up if you haven’t followed this issue. When the Trump administration took office, they decided to add a question on whether you or anyone in your household is or isn’t a citizen to the 2020 Census. Everyone knew exactly what the result would be: Immigrants, both legal and undocumented, would be more reluctant to answer the census at all, particularly given the aggressively anti-immigrant policies of this administration.
To create this cover story, Ross asked the Justice Department to “ask” the Commerce Department to add the citizenship question, so there could be a paper trail supporting the false story. Though they were reluctant at first, eventually Justice supplied the letter. Then Ross lied to Congress, insisting that the whole idea was the Justice Department’s in the first place.
In those oral arguments, it was clear that the conservatives on the court are all in favor of adding a citizenship question. If there was any hope to forestall that possibility, it lay in the slim chance that Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. might side with the liberals. But as Ian Millhiser noted, “Roberts appeared unsympathetic to the challengers’ arguments — and he asked a handful of questions that suggest he will also back the Trump administration’s play.
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