On the other hand, U.S. District Court Judge George Hazel in Maryland shared Judge Furman’s concerns that the DOJ’s request “may be disruptive to an already complicated an expedited case.”
The DOJ was scrambling to change its legal team on the case after Trump said last week that his administration is “absolutely moving forward” on reinstating the citizenship question on the 2020 Census.
The President essentially contradicted the decision of DOJ and the Department of Commerce to print the 2020 Census without the citizenship question.
The departments made the decision after the Supreme Court ruled that the Commerce Department failed to provide adequate and clear explanation to support its action. The high court said Commerce Sec. Wilbur Ross’ reasons were “contrived.” It agreed with the District Court’s ruling in remanding the issue to the Commerce Department.
