Key Themes from the Citizenship Question Amicus Briefs

By artappraiser on Mon, 04/22/2019 - 9:03pm |

Here's what the amicus briefs filed in tomorrow's SCOTUS case about #2020census citizenship question tell us. https://t.co/kaB5McWelB
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) April 23, 2019

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https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/key-themes-citizenship-question-amicus-briefs

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If the Chief Justice votes with the 4 right wing shill judges it will signal that GOP gaming the system has no limit, or foreseeable end, when it comes to Republican power enhancing, Treasury looting, democracy destroying, norm and institution dissolving chicanery.

by NCD on Tue, 04/23/2019 - 12:01pm

Citizenship question will remain.

The Brennan Center left out Republicans don't care about actual "enumeration" of people, they only care about holding and tightening their grip on power .

Democrats are screwed again. Will lose big city fed moneys, and House districts.

by NCD on Tue, 04/23/2019 - 3:59pm

Another key theme:

Trump Executive Order, 1/25/2017

"Agencies shall, to the extent consistent with applicable law, ensure that their privacy policies exclude persons who are not United States citizens or lawful permanent residents from the protections of the Privacy Act [of 1974] regarding personally identifiable information,” section 14 of the executive order reads.

This means that under Trump’s executive order, non-citizens who are not green card holders can be subjected to having their names and personal information data released and shared without their knowledge or consent."

......Potentially to ICE.

Roberts Court would say that is illegal...? If you believe that.....

by NCD on Tue, 04/23/2019 - 5:22pm

Just some tweets reporting on or analyzing arguments today

In Supreme Court arguments on adding a citizenship question to the census, all signs pointed to the usual 5-4 split, meaning that the court’s conservative majority is poised to allow the question.
— Adam Liptak (@adamliptak) April 23, 2019

Brett Kavanaugh told the lawyers challenging the citizenship question that Congress gave the commerce secretary "huge discretion" to decide what to ask on the Census.https://t.co/ob3MH0VU5B
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) April 23, 2019

We’re in the Supreme Court right now, arguing against the citizenship question on the 2020 census.

Reminder about what’s at stake: pic.twitter.com/9FlAslFHCW
— ACLU (@ACLU) April 23, 2019

The top jurist asked harsh questions of both sides, noted Brennan Center expert @TomTMWolf. The court might rule narrowly that Commerce Secretary Ross violated administration law without weighing in on the constitutional questions raised by the case. https://t.co/XC8bLHehMc
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) April 23, 2019

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/23/2019 - 6:57pm

Nina, the Queen Bee on this beat, thinks:

At census args today, the justices sure looked like they had made up their minds and if so it’s 5-4 to uphold adding citizenship Q to the census form. #SCOTUS
— Nina Totenberg (@NinaTotenberg) April 23, 2019

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/23/2019 - 7:02pm

Meanwhile House Committee on Oversight & Reform is investigating how it all came about and are apparently being stymied by DOJ:

Top Justice Department Official Will Defy Congress

By Betsy Woodruff @ DailyBeast.com, April 24

[....] An attorney for John Gore, a top official in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said to testify Gore must have an attorney present—a condition Democrats have rejected.

The committee wants to question Gore about his role in the Trump administration’s effort to add a question to the 2020 Census about citizenship. The committee authorized a subpoena of Gore earlier this month. His refusal to participate in a deposition may result in an effort by the committee to hold him in contempt.

“In keeping with longstanding Department of Justice policy, neither Mr. Gore nor anyone else in the Department will be forced to testify in their capacity as a DOJ official on DOJ matters without DOJ counsel,” said Kerri Kupec, a department spokesperson.

In a statement, Cummings said Gore is still obligated to appear for the deposition [....]

by artappraiser on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 4:41am

Key Themes from the Citizenship Question Amicus Briefs

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