Republican congressman tells Trump to ignore Supreme Court and add citizenship question to census
The freshman Republican most recently found himself in the national spotlight afteralready approved by the president and passed by the GOP-controlled Senate that would have provided federal funds for victims of hurricanes, floods and wildfires across the country.
It's unclear how this could occur, as the Justice Department confirmed that it ordered the printing of census materials without the citizenship question. "The News Reports about the Department of Commerce dropping its quest to put the Citizenship Question on the Census is incorrect or, to state it differently, FAKE!" Trump wrote."We are absolutely moving forward, as we must, because of the importance of the answer to this question."there would be no citizenship question, and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Tuesday night said in a statement that the printing of the census began without the citizenship question.
Joining the liberal court's justices in blocking the addition of the question, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that the Commerce Department lacked justification when claiming the question would help enforce the Voting Rights. He described it as"contrived" reasoning and further said that the evidence indicated the Commerce Department made the decision to add the question before going to the Justice Department seeking legal justification.
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