After Getting Unfavorable SCOTUS Decision, Trump Asks To ‘Delay The Census’

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 25: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters about Iran and Mexico after signing an executive order establishing a White House Council on eliminating regulatory barriers to affordable hou... WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 25: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters about Iran and Mexico after signing an executive order establishing a White House Council on eliminating regulatory barriers to affordable housing, in the Oval Office at the White House on June 25, 2019 in Washington, DC. The council, which will be made up of members of eight federal agencies, will reportedly be tasked with easing local barriers to the private sector of creating housing, according to published reports. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Hours after the Supreme Court handed down the decision to block the administration from adding a citizenship question to the census, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to try to “delay the census” until the court got more information to reach a “decisive decision.”

The Supreme Court did not accept the administration’s stated reason for adding the question, though groups challenging the question have warned that the administration could try again before 2020.

In the decision, the Supreme Court did not ban the question from being added outright – it just required a more legitimate reason and the administration to go through the proper channels.

Chief Justice John Roberts joined the liberal justices in the majority.

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  1. Avatar for tena tena says:

    BWAWAAahahahahahaha of course.

  2. Well, if there was any question of him leaving office peacefully…

  3. Avatar for tena tena says:

    O I hope he doesn’t. I want to see him dragged out.

  4. 13 U.S. Code § 141. Population and other census information

    (a) The Secretary shall, in the year 1980 and every 10 years thereafter, take a decennial census of population AS OF THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL OF SUCH YEAR, which date shall be known as
    the “decennial census date”, in such form and content as he may
    determine, including the use of sampling procedures and special surveys.

    (b) The tabulation of total population by States under subsection (a) of this section as required for the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States SHALL BE COMPLETED WITHIN NINE MONTHS after the census date and reported by the Secretary to the President of the United States.

  5. Avatar for tena tena says:

    :smile:

    Thank you for posting the most relevant part of this whole issue.

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