FEDERAL JUDGE SAYS TRUMP ADMIN. SHOWED 'BAD FAITH' IN ADDING CITIZENSHIP TO CENSUS

Federal judge says Trump administration showed 'bad faith' in adding citizenship to census

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Tuesday, July 3, 2018

A federal judge expressed skepticism Tuesday over the Trump administration’s move to add a citizenship question onto the main 2020 census, saying the states have made a good argument that the federal government acted in “bad faith.”

U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman, an Obama appointee, said Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross initially claimed that he added the question at the request of the Justice Department was undercut by his recent admission that he was thinking about it even before then.

He ordered the government to disclose a host of information on its decision-making, and signaled he’s unlikely to toss the lawsuit, as the Trump administration had asked.

“Today marked a major win in our lawsuit to protect the Census,” said New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood, who is leading the lawsuit — one of a number of challenges to the citizenship question.

Democratic-led states and immigration activists have been fighting vehemently to oust the question, saying they believe it’s being used as a way to scare immigrants away from participating in the census.

That, they say, would skew the count and deny states some federal cash that’s doled out on the basis of population.

The Justice Department said it asked for the citizenship question to be added last year in order to get a better sense for demographic breakdowns, saying it needs more exact data to be able to bring voting rights cases.

Mr. Ross for months had said the Justice Department request was the basis for his decision to add the question.

Recently, however, he admitted he’d been considering adding the question even before that.

That fed into critics’ complaints that the move is political, rather than an effort to get accurate data.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/3/judge-trump-admin-bad-faith-citizenship-census/?

My comments: So, it is Bad Faith to ask people if they are Citizens? Only if you are Un American. Only if you are a Globalist, Multiculturalist. Only if you are seeking to TRANSFORM America into a godless, Socialist, Secular Humanist TYRANNY.