Why the Supreme Court asked for an explanation of the 2020 census citizenship question
- Written by Kevin Johnson, Dean and Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Davis
Immediately before the Supreme Court’s summer recess each year, it releases decisions in some of its most challenging and significant cases.
This year was no different.
On June 27, the last day of the term, the Supreme Court decided Department of Commerce v. New York, a case exploring legal issues surrounding the addition of the question,...
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