way that would pass muster with the supreme court. tonight sources tell cnn the administration is scrambling to figure out if they could use a presidential memorandum or executive order to add the citizenship question to the census. options put on the table ome in recent days after the president said he wanted to fight the issue. >> we're thinking about doing that. it is one of the ways. we have four or five ways to do it. >> reporter: as the justice department replaced the legal team overseeing the census case and a justice official said the administration didn't want the same lawyers who made one argument to the court and couldn -- contradict with another argument. >> i've been in constant discussions with the president since the supreme court decision came down and i think over the next day or two you'll see what approach we're taking. >> reporter: speaker pelosi weighing in on trump not backing down. >> this is about keeping -- you know, make america -- his hat, make america white again.