Activists protest the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census in front of the Supreme Court in April. U.S. District Court Judge George J. Hazel ruled in April against the question, joining two other federal judges in finding that the government had violated administrative law when it added the question last year. [Despite Trump administration denials, new evidence suggest citizenship question was crafted to benefit whites and Republicans]MALDEF and AAJC already had appealed Hazel’s ruling on intentional discrimination, and that appeal remains in place. “I wouldn’t say it’s too late,” said Jeffrey L. Fisher, co-director of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at Stanford Law School. and DOJ officials responsible for the citizenship question decision,” said Denise Hulett, lead attorney for MALDEF.

Source: Washington Post June 04, 2019 16:44 UTC