Lawyers for the DOJ backtracked today, saying they'd examine whether the Trump admin may add a question on citizenship to the census
Lawyers for the Justice Department backtracked furiously Wednesday, saying they would examine whether the Trump administration may add a question on citizenship status to the census, just one day after DOJ officials and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said they were abandoning those efforts for next year’s survey.
The Supreme Court dealt an unexpected blow to the effort last week, ruling that the official explanations for the move were implausible and legally inadequate. Separately, a Maryland judge overseeing a challenge to the question in federal court there convened a conference call with attorneys from both sides. Shortly after, Furman ordered the Trump administration to "promptly" clarify its intentions in writing following that call.
"To back up, this is a very fluid situation which we are trying to get our arms around," Gardner told the judge.
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