The U.S. Supreme Court announced that it is expanding the scope of the case against the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, agreeing to decide whether the move violated the Constitution.
The move comes after a federal judge in California ruled earlier this month that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, whose agency oversees the census, violated the Constitution's Enumeration Clause because it prevents the government from conducting an accurate count of every living person in the country, citing a concern that fewer immigrants will respond to the survey and therefore decrease the accuracy of the 2020 census.
The move comes after a federal judge in California ruled earlier this month that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, whose agency oversees the census, violated the Constitution's Enumeration Clause because it prevents the government from conducting an accurate count of every living person in the country, citing a concern that fewer immigrants will respond to the survey and therefore decrease the accuracy of the 2020 census.
A New York federal judge also blocked the administration from including the question. The judge called Ross' decision "arbitrary and capricious" because it would "materially reduce response rates among immigrant and Hispanic households."
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