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Trump Threatens to Delay Census After Supreme Court Blocks Adding Citizenship Question

HeadlineJun 28, 2019

The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 census. Chief Justice Roberts sided with the liberal wing of the court, saying the Trump administration’s explanation for why the question was needed “appears to have been contrived.” But the court did not rule out allowing a citizenship question to be added in the future. President Trump responded by threatening to delay next year’s constitutionally mandated census.

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