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Experts Say a Citizenship Question Would Be Bad for the Census. The Supreme Court Might Allow It Anyway.

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The five conservatives on the court seemed ready to rule against three lower courts, a collection of researchers and experts, and five former leaders of the Census Bureau.
As the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday over the Trump administrations proposed citizenship question on the 2020 Census, the five conservative justices seemed aligned: In their comments, they sounded ready to allow the question.
In an effort led by Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, the Trump administration has proposed that this question, which would ask respondents whether or not they (or people in their household) are United States citizens, be added to the 2020 Census. Since the question was first proposed, a remarkable collection of demographers, statisticians, social scientists, researchers, legal experts, civil rights advocates, and current and former government officials have raised the alarm that the question could corrupt the accuracy of the census.

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