Challengers to the citizenship question cheered the court’s refusal to do so. “You really have to wonder what they’re trying to hide.”Democratic lawmakers and immigrant rights groups have blasted the idea of adding the citizenship question. But it said other discovery could go forward, including the deposition of a top Justice Department official. [Supreme Court shields Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross from answering questions in census controversy]There are six legal challenges to the inclusion of a question about a census respondent’s citizenship. Ross first said he added the citizenship question at the behest of the Justice Department, which said it was needed to help enforce voting rights.

Source: Washington Post November 02, 2018 21:37 UTC