Trump Citizenship Question on 2020 Census Blocked by Court
- Ruling follows trial in Manhattan that U.S. tried to derail
- Supreme Court will likely get last say on judge’s decision
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A federal judge blocked the Trump Administration’s plan to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 census, which will help determine U.S. elections, congressional seats and federal funding decisions for a decade.
The ruling comes after a two-week trial in Manhattan that the government sought more than a dozen times to derail. The Supreme Court may have the last word, though the court will have to move quickly to let the Census Bureau meet its June deadline to start printing the questionnaire. The high court is already scheduled to consider a preliminary issue in the case in February.