Posted on 07/04/2018 4:24:14 AM PDT by wtd
Citing bad faith, a federal judge has ordered President Donald Trumps administration to disclose additional information regarding its decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
Judge Jesse Furman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York announced on Tuesday that lawyers representing the government must produce a log of documents that were being withheld, as well as provide an explanation for why the administration did so.
Furman further demanded that the government include documents from the Commerce and Justice Departments in their discovery.
In March, the Commerce Department announced it would reintroduce the citizenship question, which had been asked until 1960.
The lawsuit was filed by Attorneys General in New York, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.
Stating that the Trump administration proposes to unlawfully expand purposefully narrow existing protections, without consideration of the consequences, the AGs opposed the proposed rule, which seeks to dramatically expand the ability of businesses and individuals to refuse to provide necessary health care on the basis of businesses' or employees religious, moral, ethical, or other beliefs.
According to a Washington Times report, Furman, an Obama appointee, said Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross initially claimed that he added the question at the request of the Justice Department was undercut by his recent admission that he was thinking about it even before then.
Furman ordered the government to disclose all the information on its decision-making regarding the decision, and according to reports, he is unlikely to dismiss the lawsuit, despite the president and his administrations protestations.
Following the judges decision, New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood praised Furman, noting that she is leading a coalition of Attorney Generals that filed a suit to protect a full and fair Census.
Today marked a major win in our lawsuit to protect the Census, with a federal judge ordering the Trump administration to provide vital information on how the decision to demand citizenship status was made, and what it may mean for New Yorkers and Americans across the country, she said.
The federal government has a solemn obligation to ensure a fair and accurate count of all people in this country. By demanding the citizenship status of each resident, the Trump administration is breaking with decades of policy and potentially causing a major undercount that would threaten billions in federal funds and New Yorks fair representation in Congress and the Electoral College.
In a letter to Ross that was posted on social media, more than 50 members of Commerce demanded answers after receiving contradictory and misleading statements made by members of the Trump administration to Congress in regards to the process behind the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
Given these glaring contradictions between administration testimonies and recently released internal communications, we ask that (Ross) respond to (several) questions for the purpose of clarifying the origination, intention and justification of adding a citizenship question to the census.
Trump needs to move the Census back to the Commerce Dept....ASAP. CONGRESS is supposed to be in control of the Census. Period.
Oh, wait. The RINOcrat-controlled Congress is just a bunch of gutless cowards and traitors.... nevermind.
Worse than weasels & not an act.
Judge Jesse Furman, another hard left “F”ING OBAMA JUDGE!
If we don’t need to know who’s in our country, then the judge doesn’t need to know who’s in his courtroom. He shouldn’t ask witnesses’ names.
Can someone explain the logic behind this butthead's statement? The way I read it, they want all illegal aliens to fill out the census, and be counted, so that federal funds can be funneled to states to pay for illegals; and, they want to count illegals when determining how many electoral votes a state should get? What kind of F'ed up times are we living in when this person isn't summarily dismissed as a lunatic?
A: Yes, Mexifornia
I am sure 5heir are plenty of good old boys itchin to do the dragging. But being good e boys the rule of law restrains them. Ironic that the activists are working so hard to break down that rule of law.
The government absolutely needs to know what kind of a flush toilets you have have in your house it knowing whether you are an American citizen, a legal alien or an illegal alien is irrelevant
Federal district and circuit courts of appeal should not be allowed to have jurisdiction over any such matters. The Supreme Court should have original jurisdiction, and then its decision should be subject to separation of powers considerations. Pass the damn law, Congress!!!
Stay in your lane, judge. Not your call.
President Trump didn’t add it, he restored it. Lying Partisan Media Shills / incompetent unfit judge ping.
OTOH:
Judge tosses suit alleging Trump campaign conspired with Russia in DNC hack
Politico | 7/03/18 | JOSH GERSTEIN
Posted on 07/04/2018 3:38:28 AM PDT by Libloather
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3668288/posts
The NY Judge can go back to unicorn and rainbow dreams land.....
And would be akin to counting foreigners working here on Visas or even people here on vacation.
I like your idea of a NY Republican member of the House to bring a lawsuit. Talk about "disenfranchisement".
You are oh so correct.
Funny story
My son got sent to the principles office when he was asked what he wanted to do for a living.
He said he wanted to be a baby seal clubber.
Guess she didn’t see the humor.
4th grade.
No surprise there.
No longer should banks check if someone in the bank vault is authorized to be there. Why, that would be bad faith!
Also, never ask the man screwing your wife in your bed if he is authorized. Again, you are showing ghastly bad faith.
No one who has "taken the cure" disagrees...
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