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Supreme Court Census Citizenship Question 2020: What You Need to Know as Oral Arguments Begin

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A federal court in January rejected the Trump administration’s citizenship question addition. The administration appealed that ruling.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court deliberates its most high-profile case involving Trump administration policy since it weighed in on the travel ban last year. Once again, the case centers on the issue of immigration—specifically, if the Census Bureau can ask people living in the United States about their citizenship starting next year.
The Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments in Department of Commerce v. New York at 10 a.m., with deliberations set to last 80 minutes instead of the typical 60 minutes.
Immigrant rights groups represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, New York Civil Liberties Union and the law firm Arnold & Porter challenged the Trump administration in a three-week hearing in New York, presenting evidence that the citizenship question was not necessary and would lower Census participation in immigrant communities.
A federal court in January rejected the Trump administration’s initiative to add the citizenship question, and the administration appealed that ruling, bringing the case before the Supreme Court.

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