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SCOTUS Ruling on Census

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Trump’s government has a choice to make, either leave the citizenship questions and

concerns or continue fighting to establish the census policy. According to Lind (2019), the

Supreme Court made the unanticipated decision on a lawsuit over president Trump’s government

efforts to increase questions about America citizenship on the coming 2020 census. However,

this did not uphold the citizenship concerns, and neither did it bar the questions from being asked

either. Instead, Lind (2019) outlines that based on the unanimous opinion delivered by the Chief

Justice John Roberts, the supreme court outlines that president Trump’s government and

departments of commerce have currently failed to incorporate the question about citizenship “is

this individual a citizen of the United States” on the 2020 census. However, Lind (2019) states

that according to the court, the government’s justification for the question based on enforcing the

VRA (voting rights acts) was a pretext.

The political consequences of the questions make the census’s case socially and

politically controversial and volatile. Baum et al. (2019) state that based on the ruling presented

by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court decides to decline what might well be

president Trump’s government pretexts for the enquiries to severely facade the partisan

discriminatory and political motivations. As a student of migration laws and civil rights, the

concern will ultimately rule on by the SCOTUS to maintain its significant legacy in the

forthcoming census.

According to the Supreme Court, because census occurs after every ten years, it can

severely impact many strategies. By manipulating the voting districting, 2020 census might

impact partisan representations in the legislature thus impacting how federal funds will be spent

and which teams and plans are disfavored or preferred. As a result, Lind (2019) outlines that the

2020 census will be characterized by political effects on the entire United States of American.
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Nonetheless, Lind (2019) states that the opponents claim that the request is driven by the

political and economic contemplations, incorporating the voter suppressions and the effort to

undercount the immigrants, distinctly the Hispanics analytically. Therefore, I support president

Trump’s government that citizenship enquiry and census would enhance implementation of the

VRA, which safeguards the voting rights and freedom of American citizens. However, Trump’s

government must choose between the census’s deadline and the citizenship questions.
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References

Baum, M., Dietrich, B., Goldstein, R., & Sen, M. (2019). Estimating the Effect of Asking About

Citizenship on the US Census: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Lind, D. (2019). The Supreme Court’s census ruling, explained.

https://www.vox.com/2019/6/27/18761016/supreme-court-census-citizenship-opinion-

decision.