Judge’s order on government lawyer shake-up adds hurdle for Trump in U.S. Census dispute
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(Worthy News) – A judge in New York on Tuesday denied the U.S. Department of Justice’s request to shake up the legal team that was handling cases on the 2020 Census, adding another hurdle to the Trump administration’s bid to put a contentious citizenship question on the survey.
The department attempted to change the team of lawyers after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 27 against the first attempt by President Donald Trump’s administration to add the citizenship question, calling the rationale “contrived.”
But the Supreme Court left open the possibility that the question could be added if the government provided a different rationale. [ Source: Reuters (Read More…) ]
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