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Advancing Justice | AAJC Applauds Supreme Court Decision to Uphold Lower Court Ruling in Citizenship Question
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June 27, 2019—Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a much-anticipated decision in the argument to allow or remove the citizenship question from the 2020 Census. Chief Justice Robert’s 5-4 opinion upheld the lower court’s decision asking the Department of Commerce to explain the decision to add the citizenship question with their real rationale. For now, the district court’s decision to block the addition of the citizenship question remains in effect.
Federal Appeals Court Remands Census Case to Maryland Judge to Decide Intentional Discrimination Claim
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(GREENBELT, MD) – A federal judge in Maryland will determine whether newly discovered evidence indicates unconstitutional discriminatory intent was behind the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census after an appellate court granted a request to remand the case to the district court today.
Federal Judge States Discriminatory Motive Behind Census Citizenship Question
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June 24, 2019—GREENBELT, MD—Today, U.S. District Court Judge George J. Hazel issued an opinion on last week’s ruling stating that new evidence presented in Advancing Justice | AAJC (Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC) and MALDEF’s (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) challenge to the 2020 census citizenship question “potentially connects the dots between a discriminatory purpose—diluting Hispanics’ political power—and Secretary Ross’s decision.”
U.S. District Court Grants Request to Census Citizenship Question Discrimination Ruling
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June 20, 2019 — GREENBELT, MD — In a new potential block to the addition of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge George J. Hazel granted a request from Advancing Justice | AAJC (Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC) and MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) to reconsider whether members of the Trump administration conspired with others to intentionally discriminate against Latinos, Asian Americans, and non-citizens when it added a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.
U.S. District Court Grants Request to Census Citizenship Question Discrimination Ruling
This ruling from U.S. District Court Judge George J. Hazel follows revelations that a Republican redistricting strategist worked with administration officials to include a citizenship question in the decennial census to unlawfully advantage “Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites.”
Civil Rights Groups Seek Reconsideration of Census Citizenship Question Discrimination Ruling
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(GREENBELT, MD) – Newly discovered evidence contradicts the Trump administration’s claims that it added a citizenship question to the 2020 Census simply to enforce the federal Voting Rights Act, and confirms that the purpose was to deprive Latinos of constitutionally protected political representation.
Court documents filed Friday show that the current Chief of Staff to the Director of the U.S. Census Bureau was in direct contact with a Republican redistricting strategist in 2015, concerning issues related to the citizenship question.
PLAINTIFFS’ REPLY IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF THEIR RULE 60(B)(2) MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM FINAL JUDGMENT & REQUEST FOR INDICATIVE RULING UNDER RULE 62.1(A)
Advancing Justice | AAJC and MALDEF filed these documents on June 14 that show that the current Chief of Staff to the Director of the U.S. Census Bureau was in direct contact with a Republican redistricting strategist in 2015, concerning issues related to the citizenship question.
Civil rights groups ask federal judge to reconsider conspiracy ruling on census citizenship question
Civil rights groups who had sued the government over its addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census have asked a federal judge in Maryland to reconsider his ruling on the matter after new evidence in the case emerged last week.
The request, filed Monday night by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC), said the new findings show the Trump administration sought to intentionally discriminate against Latinos and immigrants of color when it added the question.
Attorneys Want U.S. District Judge to Review New Evidence in Census Citizenship Case
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Washington, D.C. — Advancing Justice | AAJC (Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC) filed a motion late last night to ask U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in Greenbelt, to review new relevant evidence that shows the Trump transition team, administration officials, and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) conspired to add the citizenship question to the 2020 Census for a racially discriminatory purpose.