Posted on 04/23/2019 5:19:19 AM PDT by reaganaut1
The Supreme Court Tuesday will hear oral arguments in the Trump administration’s appeal of lower-court orders forbidding it to ask a citizenship question in the 2020 census. The justices’ task in Department of Commerce v. New York won’t be difficult: The law and facts overwhelmingly support the administration. But the case is a proxy for future battles over redistricting and reapportionment, vital components of American democracy that determine the balance of political power within and among states.
The Census Act grants the commerce secretary discretion to conduct the census “in such form and content as he may determine.” In rejecting the citizenship question, the lower courts usurped that authority and frustrated Congress’s intent. The question about citizenship is far from unprecedented: It was asked in every census but one from 1820 to 1950. Most advanced democracies ask for citizenship information in censuses, a United Nations-recommended best practice.
The administration argues that the citizenship data would help in enforcement of the Voting Rights Act, and that is manifestly true. By law, “majority minority” districts must be drawn so at least 50% of eligible voters—i.e., citizens over 18—are members of the minority in question. If too many minority residents are ineligible to vote, that defeats the purpose of avoiding the dilution of minority voting strength. Voting-rights litigation and compliance are hampered by the lack of citizenship data in the decennial census.
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Factoring such aliens into reapportionment and redistricting does nothing for them, as it does not change immigration status. Rather, it rewards state policies designed to subvert the Immigration and Nationality Act and to achieve enhanced representation at the expense of more law-abiding states. Today’s case marks only the beginning of a larger debate over these questions.
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Should non-citizens be represented in Congress?
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
NON-CITIZENS ARE IN THE USA ILLEGALLY!
THEY ARE CRIMINALS!
ROUNDEM UP AND SENDEM HOME!
NO!
THEY ARE CRIMINALS!
ROUNDEM UP AND SENDEM HOME
I’d like ME to be represented!
Just wait, John Roberts will vote with the Liberals and that will be the end of it.
“But they have a permanent legal address do they not?”
Yes, in a other state, which is where they should be counted. Illegals should be counted in their home country, not here.
a great and truthful meme, Travis!
LIEberals in BOTH parties are anti-American and need to be called out for their hatred of America!
Thanks!
Not all of them.
No.
Next!
There is no such thing as “American Citizen” anymore. All of us are just looked at as collections of people.
And when that case gets to the Supremes, the wailing and gnashing of teeth will be loud, and long.
They already are (ilhan omar).
give greater representation in Congress to the sanctuary cities at the expense of the rest of the country. Step two give non citizens the vote and step three have direct election of the president.... result a single party government.
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The Bush Plan for North Mexico (aka USA)
No.
I, in the heat of the battle, spoke a bit prematurely.
ILLEGAL ALIENS should not be counted and MUST be deported!
Legal aliens (NOT temporary visa holders - i.e., those here on temporary work permits!) should be counted.
And, somehow, someway, We the People MUST ensure that ONLY LEGAL CITIZENS of the USA vote in national elections.
What, Roberts will foment CW II?
So the Indian H1-Bs shouldn't be counted?
For voting purposes, many have two permanent legal addresses.
Don’t remind me.
I did not know that about citizenship.
So when my father and my mom’s parents came over from Italy, they weren’t instantly citizens?
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