From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): CLASP issued this statement in response to today’s Supreme Court decision: June 27, 2019, Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Supreme Court today affirmed the crucial importance of an accurate and inclusive census by ruling that, for now, the citizenship … Continued
From Keystone Counts (https://www.keystonecounts.org/): Recently, a federal judge in Maryland ruled that the proposed citizenship question for the 2020 was both unconstitutional and illegal under federal law. This marks the third time a federal district judge has struck down the … Continued
From Keystone Counts (https://www.keystonecounts.org/): Recently the proposed citizenship question received another blow in federal court as U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg in San Francisco ruled that the proposed question “threatens the very foundation of our democratic system.” This decision comes on the … Continued
From Keystone Counts (https://www.keystonecounts.org/): Judge Jesse Furman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that the Trump administration’s decision to add the citizenship question was unlawful. His ruling blocks the administration from adding the … Continued
Washington Post By Tara Bahrampour January 15 at 12:18 PM A federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration’s addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. In the first major ruling on the question, Judge Jesse M. Furman of … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/10/01/citizenship-question-will-hurt-us/#.W7UFBntKgdU By Lecia Imbery October 1, 2018 On September 30, The New York Times published an opinion piece written by William Frey, a demographer, professor, and fellow at the Brookings Institution, about the Trump Administration’s efforts to include a citizenship question … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): Every person is made in the image of God and is thus worthy of respect and dignity. That means every person should be counted and represented by their government. That is why we are … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/08/08/250000-comments-submitted-demanded-fair-thorough-2020-census/#.W2xJ3M5KgdU By David Elliot August 8, 2018 We’ve been telling you about efforts by the Administration to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census – you can read earlier posts about this issue here and here. Together with a broad and … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/07/27/every-person-count-counted/#.W19x4NVKgdU By David Elliot July 27, 2018 This week, 131 groups, including the Coalition on Human Needs, joined two lawsuits aimed at preventing the U.S. Commerce Department from including a citizenship question in the 2020 Census. The moves come … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Would you spare a moment to ensure that low-income communities aren’t robbed of federal funding and representation they deserve? Leave a public comment to keep the Citizenship question out of the #2020Census: deadline, … Continued