#NoDictator https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-says-it-will-reevaluate-adding-citizenship-census-question/ After Trump tweets, DOJ says it will "reevaluate" adding citizenship census question In a conference call on Wednesday with Judge Jarrod Hazel of the District of Maryland, Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt confirmed the Justice Department is now looking into whether the addition of the question is still "viable and possible." "We at the Department of Justice have been instructed to examine whether there is a path forward, consistent with the Supreme Court's decision, that would allow us to include the citizenship question on the census. We think there may be a legally available path under the Supreme Court's decision," Hunt said on the call, according to a transcript provided to CBS News by an attorney for the plaintiffs. The transcript was first published by Talking Points Memo. Hazel, the judge, asked the government's attorneys about the president's tweet, pointing out it "directly contradicted" what the Justice Department had told the court on Tuesday. Josh Gardner, a Justice Department attorney, said the government had not meant to mislead the court and suggested the lawyers were caught off guard by the president's tweets. "The tweet this morning was the first I had heard of the president's position on this issue, just like the plaintiffs and your honor. I do not have a deeper understanding of what that means at this juncture other than what the president has tweeted," Gardner said. "But, obviously, as you can imagine, I am doing my absolute best to figure out what's going on." Hazel set of a deadline of 2 p.m. Friday for the government to decide whether it intends to scrap the citizenship question or move forward in court. In a separate case in New York, the Justice Department confirmed the department has been ordered to examine ways to add the question, which immigrant advocates and Democrats have said is designed to benefit the electoral prospects of Republicans. "The Departments of Justice and Commerce have now been asked to reevaluate all available options following the Supreme Court's decision and whether the Supreme Court's decision would allow for a new decision to include the citizenship question on the 2020 Decennial Census," Justice Department lawyers wrote in a letter to Judge Jesse Furman of the Southern District of New York. The attorneys said both the Commerce and Justice departments are conducting an "analysis" on whether the administration can ask the Supreme Court for "procedural guidance" on to expedite litigation. If the Commerce Department crafts a new rationale for adding the citizenship question, the officials said they will immediately notify the high court and ask it to make a new decision. Following the Supreme Court's 5 to 4 ruling vacating Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross' decision to add the question, Justice Department officials and Ross confirmed the questionnaire for next year's count had been sent to the printer without the question on U.S. citizenship. But the officials on Wednesday said those announcements were made with the available information at the time. "That representation was based on the information undersigned counsel had at the time, and it remains undersigned counsel's understanding that the process of printing the questionnaires, without the citizenship question, continues," they wrote, while acknowledging the printing of the forms has begun.
https://www.axios.com/trump-conside...ion-5c9dfdb5-facd-46ed-b1fd-fdda7eb2aa15.html Trump considers executive order on citizenship question President Trump is considering an executive order to try to move forward with a citizenship question on the 2020 census, top sources tell Jonathan Swan and me. "We didn’t come this far just to throw in the towel," said a senior administration official with direct knowledge of the conversations. Administration lawyers are exploring various legal options. A senior legal source said: "The administration is considering the appropriateness of an executive order that would address the constitutional need for the citizenship question to be included in the 2020 census." But there is considerable skepticism within the administration that an executive order would succeed. Why it matters: Trump's insistence on pushing ahead with the question, potentially without doing the legwork the Supreme Court called for, reflects his expansive view of executive power. A source familiar with some of the administration's internal deliberations said: "I think that there’s a good argument to be made that even though the president may lose in litigation at the end of the day, going through that process ultimately makes it clear that it’s the chief justice, and not the Executive Branch, that bears responsibility for that unfortunate outcome." Former federal judge J. Michael Luttig, who has longtime ties to officials in the administration, told Axios: "If the president of the United States were to issue an executive order, supported by his full Article II powers, directing that the citizenship question be included in the 2020 census, I believe the Supreme Court would affirm the constitutional power of the president to include the citizenship question in the census.” How we got here: The Supreme Court voted last week to block a census question that asks: "Is this person a citizen of the United States?" But it gave the administration an opening to try again, if it could come up with a more persuasive argument about why it was adding the question. Trump administration officials, including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, said Tuesday they would go ahead with the 2020 census without including the citizenship question. But Trump threw some of his own senior administration officials into confusion on Wednesday morning by tweeting that it was “fake” news that the Commerce Department was dropping its quest to include the citizenship question. In the hours following the president’s tweet, administration lawyers scrambled to figure out alternatives.
What part of the word illegal doesn't he understand? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/do...er-citizenship-question-added-census-n1028656 Trump expected to order citizenship question added to the census The president is taking executive action after the Supreme Court blocked the administration. President Donald Trump is expected to announce on Thursday that he is taking executive action to add a citizenship question to the census, according to an administration official. Trump tweeted that he will hold a press conference in the afternoon to discuss his latest efforts at including the citizenship question as part of the census. "The White House will be hosting a very big and very important Social Media Summit today," Trump tweeted. "Would I have become President without Social Media? Yes (probably)! At its conclusion, we will all go to the beautiful Rose Garden for a News Conference on the Census and Citizenship." President Donald Trump is expected to announce on Thursday that he is taking executive action to add a citizenship question to the census, according to an administration official. Trump tweeted that he will hold a press conference in the afternoon to discuss his latest efforts at including the citizenship question as part of the census. "The White House will be hosting a very big and very important Social Media Summit today," Trump tweeted. "Would I have become President without Social Media? Yes (probably)! At its conclusion, we will all go to the beautiful Rose Garden for a News Conference on the Census and Citizenship."
How can anyone overstep Supreme court? If Trump somehow pulls it off, it will open a very dangerous door for future presidents. This is such a trivial thing to loose political capital over it.
Yeah he picks the worst battles to fall on his sword over. He had Congress in the palm of his hands to initiate his grand immigration overhaul scheme but WAITED until Dems took back the House to shut down the government over it and absolve himself of any responsibility.
He doesn't care about illegal immigration. It's his go to punching bag when he wants to rile the base. You can no longer use the "problem" if it no longer is a problem
He opted to take the L https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...citizenship-question-census/story?id=64262805
You don't care about it either. You use it to rile your base. Democrats are guilty of the exact same thing they are going after Trump about in regards to driving a narrative. That said, the President has no authority to overturn the Supreme Court. That's the whole point of the separation of powers concept.