Trump just threatened to delay the 2020 census


Once again, President Trump wants to do what probably can't be done.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 decision to block the addition of a question of citizenship to the 2020 census. And seeing as Trump's administration had introduced the question in the first place, he certainly was not happy.
In a series of tweets sent once he touched down in Japan, Trump criticized the court's decision said he asked "the lawyers if they can delay the Census" until the justices can make a "decisive decision" on the matter. Seeing as the Census is constitutionally mandated every 10 years, that's probably not something these unnamed lawyers can do.
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Trump's Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the question's addition last year, sparking ongoing court battles over its inclusion. Critics said the question would depress Census participation by undocumented immigrants and decrease representation in traditionally Democratic areas — something a GOP operative also found in his research and reportedly shared with the Trump administration. Chief Justice John Roberts sided with liberal justices in Thursday's decision, writing a majority opinion in which he declared that the Trump administration's defense for adding the question "seems to have been contrived."
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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
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