If Trump doesn't drop census related lawsuits, then today's action is just a feint.

[pnwmom]

It would be simple enough to print up a one-page appendix to the Census, if the Courts rule in his favor. In fact, they could have ALREADY ordered this.

[Gothmog]

1. This is from the DOJ

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[EveHammond13]

2. I don't trust them. They are up to some kind of fuckery.

[pnwmom]

3. I have seen that. What is there to stop them from printing a separate one-page appendix

to be added if the courts rule in their favor?

[Merlot]

4. republicans never quit, never give up, not this easily.

They will do what ever is possible. While everyone else is saying "we won!" they will be hard at work finding a way to outsmart the ruling.

[Gothmog]

5. There was a hearing on the citizenship question

I would hate to be the DOJ attorney

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[pnwmom]

6. Those tweets would be HYSTERICAL

if this weren't about an issue we all care so much about . . .

[Gothmog]

7. NOT adding the citizenship question back to the #2020census at this time

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[pnwmom]

8. I just read the whole transcript. Yeah, maybe they're not adding it back "at this time."

But it sounds like they're leaving the door open to continuing to litigate the issue.

Here's the transcript, in case you haven't seen it. Thanks again for leading me to it.



https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M3Y6vj3QlQpSdlYcCdq3BkbnnWIrEPlf/view?fbclid=IwAR19ulOXUnh-s9UqVdJQt7ZuGs2E2dIYZ6QKmyg3e6KOwQJq7MufOHB1Iuo

[Gothmog]

9. I read it

We will know more at 2 PM Friday. The hearing today and the transcript was in the equal protection lawsuit.

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There are also filings in the NY case that was heard by the SCOTUS

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trump has to win in both of these courts to get the citizenship question on the census.

[pnwmom]

10. I'm looking forward to Friday afternoon. What makes me pessimistic was this part

of the transcript (which I now see Dale Ho mentions in his tweet)

MR. HUNT: We at the Department of Justice have been instructed to examine whether there is a path forward, consistent with the Supreme Court's decision, that would allow us to include the citizenship question on the census. We think there may be a legally available path under the Supreme Court's
decision. We're examining that, looking at near-term options to see whether that's viable and possible.
And so to the extent we can identify an option for that to work, if we continue to examine the decision and believe that we have a viable path forward to that work, our current plan would be to file a motion in the Supreme Court to request instructions on remand to govern further proceedings in order to simplify and expedite the remaining litigation and provide clarity to the process going forward.

So as Mr. Gardner said, it's very fluid at present because we are still examining the Supreme Court's decision to see if that option is still available to us.

If Trump wants to go forward, don't you think this will end up with the Supremes, one way or another? One lower level court by itself couldn't stop him, right?

[Gothmog]

11. I almost feel sorry for the attorneys involved

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