Supreme Court to Decide Whether Census Can Ask About Citizenship
- Justices to hear arguments in April and rule by end of June
- Case is Trump’s biggest high court challenge since travel ban
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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump’s administration can ask about citizenship on the 2020 census, taking up a case that will affect the allocation of congressional seats and federal dollars.
With an approaching deadline for printing census questionnaires, the court said Friday it will review a federal trial judge’s decision to bar the citizenship question on an expedited basis. The court will hear arguments in April and rule by the end of June.