US supreme court blocks citizenship question on 2020 census, trump issues executive order to collect citizenship data

Marc Rotenberg; Bilyana Petkova

doi:10.21552/edpl/2019/3/23

US supreme court blocks citizenship question on 2020 census, trump issues executive order to collect citizenship data

Marc Rotenberg, Bilyana Petkova^*

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Abstract

The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) requires federal agencies to follow certain procedures prior to agency action. The Supreme Court held that the rationale behind the decision of Secretary of Commerce Ross to add a citizenship question to the Census 2020 to ensure enforcement of the Voting Rights Act was a ‘contrivance’ and violated the APA. The practical consequence of the decision was to prevent the question about citizenship from appearing on the 2020 census. Following the decision, President Trump announced an Executive Order concerning ‘Collecting Information about Citizenship Status in Connection with the Decennial Census’ which may also rely upon pretextual arguments that can be subsequently challenged in court.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	453-457
Number of pages	5
Journal	European Data Protection Law Review
Volume	5
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21552/edpl/2019/3/23
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019

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