Can the census ask if you're a citizen? Here's what's at stake in the Supreme Court battle over the 2020 census
- Written by Jonathan Entin, Professor Emeritus of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University
Citizenship may be included in the next census questionnaire.Maria Dryfhout/shutterstock.comFor the first time in decades, the 2020 census might include a question asking whether or not each counted person is a citizen.
When Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross directed that the 2020 census include that question, he claimed that it was necessary to...
