CSPAN SCOTUS Blog Co-Founder Amy Howe On Census Citizenship Question Ruling July 14, 2024
Essenceroberts said in that normally, courts will defer to a decision by an administrative agency, as long as it is reasonable. There is a wide latitude we will give you, but in this case, it really seems like the decision to include a question about ofizenship, the explanation the department of commerce gave was a pretext. They said they wanted the data of citizenship to better enforce federal Voting Rights laws and that the department of justice had requested it, but when you look at the evidence in the case, it looks like the department of commerce started talking about including the questi...