Supreme Court Expands Fight Over Census Citizenship Question
- Justices to consider whether question violates Constitution
- Court is already set to hear arguments in case April 23
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The U.S. Supreme Court said it will expand its scheduled showdown over the 2020 census to consider whether the Constitution lets the Trump administration add a question asking whether people are American citizens.
Agreeing to a government request, the court said it will broaden its April 23 argument to account for a new lower court ruling that said the Constitution bars the inclusion of a citizenship question.