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Census questionnaire. but he's got another opportunity to have the commerce department go through existing government data to determine how many citizens are in the united states. are there any, susan hennessey, legal problem with this other alternative way to determine citizenship in the united states that the president, we believe will announce? >> no, it's something that he's saying they should do and administrative records match. there's nothing that presents the united states government from determining who is a citizen of the united states. they can't use census information to do that. a...

Administration from adding a citizenship question based on their repeated representations that june 30th was the, quote, drop debt date anywhere changes to the census questionnaire. so that motion is going to be heard in federal court in about a week and a half. there's pending proceedings in the federal court in maryland about whether or not this attempt by the administration was motivated by a desire to weaken the political influence of hispanic communities. yes, i think if the administration does, in fact, come forward with a new decision, trump adding a citizenship question you'll see more...

Year the way the trump administration has tried to do here. and i think it's related to a key representation that the trump administration has been relying on throughout this entire litigation which is that to the census form can't occur after june 30th a date that's already passed. the trump administration used that representation to convince the supreme court to hear this case on an expedited basis. now they're coming back and saying well even though that june 30th deadline is past, we're still considering making further changes to the census questionnaire. that leaves two possibility, eithe...

Also susan page. and also back with me harry litman. can you understand why some justice department lawyers would want off this case? >> absolutely. especially for the career justice department employees, but everyone for the employpoli appointed ones. they represented that they would be moving forward with printing the census questionnaire without the citizenship question. and that is a very tall order when you are an attorney, you are really -- you have an obligation to the court to be 407 honest and twrutftruthful and ie court to understand. here the attorneys clearly thought that they were...

Years apart from the previous one next year in 2020. >> right. >> what happens if the president tries to do that and potentially delayed this? >> if there's more delay we know it will be more expensive. trying to add an addendum to the questionnaire is noncommonsensical and illogical. this is the first time we're seeing the executive branch really challenge the judicial branch which the supreme court said we're going to send this to a lower court so you can find another rational and until then we shall proceed with the census questionnaire being printed without the question. so i think it's a ...