Justice Department lawyers told a federal court that they had been 'ordered' to try to find a way to add the citizenship question.
Demonstrators gather outside the Supreme Court on June 27 awaiting a decision in a case involving an attempt by the Trump administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
A White House official declined to comment on what — if anything — Trump’s tweet meant and whether it would change the administration’s policy, which is hemmed in by deadlines and legal requirements. U.S. District Judge George Hazel, who is hearing one of the legal challenges to the citizenship question, voiced exasperation at the changing and conflicting positions of the administration.
“This isa very fluid situation which we are trying to get our arms around and, obviously, once we get more information, we will communicate that immediately to the court and the parties,” Gardner said. The ruling by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., however, left a slim opening to include the citizenship question if the administration could draft a more plausible legal rationale. Doing that, however, would have taken time, and the administration already had told the courts that it needed to begin printing questionnaires by the end of June.The Justice Department also said publicly on Tuesday that it backed Ross’ decision and filed a statement to the court saying so.
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