SCOTUS just ruled -- No citizenship question on the census!

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Heard this announced on MSNBC!



UP-DATE:

U.S. Supreme Court blocks Trump's census citizenship question, for now

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a significant defeat on Thursday, ruling that his administration did not give an adequate explanation for its plan to include a contentious citizenship question on the 2020 census and preventing its addition to the decennial survey for now.

The justices - in a 5-4 decision with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the court’s four liberals in the majority - upheld part of a federal judge’s ruling barring the question in a victory for a group of states including New York and immigrant rights organizations that had challenged the plan.

Opponents of the question have called it a Republican ploy to scare immigrants into not taking part in the population count.

The court ruled against the challengers on other claims, with the nine justices splitting in different ways.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-census/u-s-supreme-court-blocks-trumps-census-citizenship-question-for-now-idUSKCN1TS1BL

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1. Great screen name!

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2. 10Q

Thought it more lady like than "Fuck Trump!"

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3. Kind of. They remanded it and said "show your work."

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4. Exactly....

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6. LOL...MSNBC probably did not understand

what a remand is!

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7. What MSNBC said was ... "For now"

It's not settled for all time, but maybe the question is delayed long enough so that they can proceed with the census. Or maybe it will delay the census, and I wouldn't put it past the Repukes to cancel it altogether.

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9. As long as it screws everyone but the rich repukes,

that's the choice they will take, IMO.

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5. next Trump goon step will be to add it anyway and lie about it

Trump goon: "we already had the forms printed and didn't have the time to redo them."
responsible journalist: "but you didn't start printing forms until July of this year"
Trump goon: "well, it's there. we're going to send it out as usual and use the results as usual. go ahead, sue us if you like, good luck with that."

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Remedy: Emergency injunction

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10. I can see how it plays out

Team Trump issues the census with the question on it. They'll say it was too late to change, but they promise not to count the question (wink wink)