I’m sure the Democrats will fight tooth and nail to keep the citizenship question off the census so that is a question that will go back to the courts no matter what reason the administration gives.
I see this ending up back before SCOTUS rather quickly... the District Court will find that anything Census says is entirely pretextual, and SCOTUS will have to address this one more time.
Roberts really made this way more complicated than it needed to be by trying to straddle the fence here.
I see two versions of this story.
“Citizenship question stays for now, but administration has to provide a better reason.”
and
“Citizenship question is allowed but can’t be asked because administration did not give a good enough reason.”
As usual, Roberts causes a complete cock-up, just like with the obozocare debacle.
Does he do this because he is being blackmailed over his illegal adoption of his kids, or is he being blackmailed for something else?
Asking for a friend.