Citizenship Question: Order By Judge In Maryland Sets Up Potential New Block : NPR

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But an order by a federal judge in Maryland could complicate the question's legal fate.</b> </div> <div id="wrapper"> <header class="contentheader contentheader--one"></header> <section id="main-section"><article class="story"><a id="mainContent"></a><div class="slug-wrap"> <h3 class="slug"> <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/national/">National</a> </h3> </div> <div class="storytitle"> <h1>Judge's Order Sets Up Potential New Block Against Census Citizenship Question</h1> <input type="hidden" id="title733583150" value="Judge's Order Sets Up Potential New Block Against Census Citizenship Question" /> <input type="hidden" id="shortTitle733583150" value="Judge's Order Sets Up Potential New Block Against Census Citizenship Question" /> <input type="hidden" id="modelFullUrl733583150" value="https://www.npr.org/2019/06/19/733583150/judges-order-sets-up-potential-new-block-against-census-citizenship-question" /> </div>  <div id="story-meta" class="story-meta has-byline"> <div class="story-meta__one"> <div class="story-meta__one-inner"> <div class="dateblock"> <time datetime="2019-06-19T15:23:47-04:00"> <span class="date">June 19, 2019</span><span class="time">3:23 PM ET</span> </time> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="story-meta__two"> <div id="storybyline" class="storybyline-wrap linkLocation"> <div class="bucketwrap byline"> <div class="byline-container--block"> <div class="byline byline--block byline--has-link" aria-label="Byline"> <div class="byline__photo"> <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/177498291/hansi-lo-wang" rel="author"> <picture><source srcset="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1232x1232+0+44/resize/100/quality/85/format/webp/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F87%2F27%2Fd146b44f4f81ac958e705307f14b%2Fscreenshot-2024-08-01-at-3-48-00-pm.png" class="img" type="image/webp" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1232x1232+0+44/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F87%2F27%2Fd146b44f4f81ac958e705307f14b%2Fscreenshot-2024-08-01-at-3-48-00-pm.png" data-format="webp" /><source srcset="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1232x1232+0+44/resize/100/quality/85/format/png/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F87%2F27%2Fd146b44f4f81ac958e705307f14b%2Fscreenshot-2024-08-01-at-3-48-00-pm.png" class="img" type="image/png" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1232x1232+0+44/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F87%2F27%2Fd146b44f4f81ac958e705307f14b%2Fscreenshot-2024-08-01-at-3-48-00-pm.png" data-format="png" /><img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1232x1232+0+44/resize/100/quality/85/format/png/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F87%2F27%2Fd146b44f4f81ac958e705307f14b%2Fscreenshot-2024-08-01-at-3-48-00-pm.png" class="img" alt="Headshot of Hansi Lo Wang" data-template="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1232x1232+0+44/resize/{width}/quality/{quality}/format/{format}/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F87%2F27%2Fd146b44f4f81ac958e705307f14b%2Fscreenshot-2024-08-01-at-3-48-00-pm.png" data-format="png" /></picture> </a> </div> <p class="byline__name byline__name--block"> <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/177498291/hansi-lo-wang" rel="author"> Hansi Lo Wang </a> </p> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </div>  </div>  <div id="storytext" class="storytext storylocation linkLocation"> <div id="res733583512" class="bucketwrap image large"> <div class="imagewrap has-source-dimensions" data-crop-type="" style=" --source-width: 4838; 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A federal judge's order Wednesday could complicate the Census Bureau's plans to finalize census questionnaires and start printing paper forms for the national head count by July 1. <b class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images </b> <b class="hide-caption"><b>hide caption</b></b> </p> </div> <b class="toggle-caption"><b>toggle caption</b></b> </div> <span class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images </span> </div> <div class="enlarge_measure"> <div class="img_wrap"> <picture> <source data-original="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2019/06/17/gettyimages-643799142-e6a4f56481b207e262d05570244e40e850c915e7.jpg?s=2600&c=100&f=webp" type="image/webp"> <source data-original="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2019/06/17/gettyimages-643799142-e6a4f56481b207e262d05570244e40e850c915e7.jpg?s=2600&c=100&f=jpeg" type="image/jpeg"> <img data-original="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2019/06/17/gettyimages-643799142-e6a4f56481b207e262d05570244e40e850c915e7.jpg?s=2600&c=100&f=jpeg" alt="" /> </picture> </div> </div> <div class="enlarge_html"> <div class="image_data"> <p class="caption">Candidates for U.S. citizenship take the oath of allegiance during a 2017 naturalization ceremony in Jersey City, N.J. A federal judge's order Wednesday could complicate the Census Bureau's plans to finalize census questionnaires and start printing paper forms for the national head count by July 1.</p> <span class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images </span> </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>Updated at 7:51 p.m. ET</strong></p> <p>A <a href="https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1141423461539205120?s=21">new order</a> by a federal judge in Maryland sets up a potential new block against the Trump administration's plans to add a citizenship question to forms for the upcoming 2020 census.</p> <p>The latest development in the legal battle over the hotly contested question could complicate the Census Bureau's plans to finalize census questionnaires and start printing paper forms for the national head count by July 1.</p> <p>Three federal judges, including U.S. District Judge George Hazel of Maryland, have already issued rulings that block the question, "Is this person a citizen of the United States?" But a ruling by the Supreme Court, which is expected to weigh in soon, could lift those blocks while leaving two allegations made in the Maryland-based lawsuits unresolved.</p> <aside id="ad-backstage-wrap" class="ad-wrap backstage" aria-label="advertisement"> <div class="ad-header "><span>Sponsor Message</span></div> <div id="ad-backstage-News_National" class="ad-config ad-backstage has-refresh-enabled" data-ad-config='{"network":"\/6735\/","site":{"desktop":"n6735.NPR","mobile":"n6735.NPRMOBILE"},"zone":"News_National","targets":{"testserver":"false","isPodcastEpisode":"false","storyId":"733583150","agg":["434975886"]},"location":"backstage","deferred":false,"isBetweenContent":true,"overflowCount":null,"hasRefreshEnabled":true,"isOutstreamVideoEnabled":true}'></div> <div class="ad-footer "></div> </aside> <p>The Trump administration says it wants to include the question on census forms to better enforce part of the Voting Rights Act.</p> <p>Plaintiffs' attorneys argue that <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/05/30/728232221/gop-redistricting-strategist-played-role-in-push-for-census-citizenship-question">files recently discovered on the hard drives</a> of a deceased Republican redistricting strategist, Thomas Hofeller, show that the administration intended to use responses to the question to give Republicans and non-Hispanic white people a political advantage during the drawing of new voting districts after the 2020 census.</p> <p>"The court's willingness to reconsider its prior decision on the equal protection claim underscores the game-changing significance of the Hofeller files," said plaintiffs' attorney Shankar Duraiswamy of the law firm Covington & Burling in a written statement.</p> <div id="res734157417" class="bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col "> <div class="bucket img"> <a class="imagewrap" id="featuredStackSquareImage728232221" 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Entero — have argued that by adding the question, the administration intended to discriminate against immigrant communities of color and that administration officials conspired to violate those communities' constitutional rights.</p> <p><a href="https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=4797159-Understanding-the-Quality-of-Alternative">Census Bureau research</a> shows that including the citizenship question is highly likely to scare households with noncitizens from taking part in next year's head count of every person living in the U.S., as required by the Constitution. Critics of the question worry that could lead to an undercount in the population numbers that will determine how political representation and federal funding are distributed around the country through 2030.</p> <aside id="ad-secondary-wrap" class="ad-wrap secondary" aria-label="advertisement"> <div class="ad-header "><span>Sponsor Message</span></div> <div id="ad-secondary-News_National" class="ad-config ad-secondary has-refresh-enabled" data-ad-config='{"network":"\/6735\/","site":{"desktop":"NPRSecondary","mobile":"NPRMobileSecondary"},"zone":"News_National","targets":{"testserver":"false","isPodcastEpisode":"false","storyId":"733583150","agg":["434975886"]},"location":"secondary","deferred":false,"isBetweenContent":true,"overflowCount":null,"hasRefreshEnabled":true,"isOutstreamVideoEnabled":false}'></div> <div class="ad-footer "></div> </aside> <p>"It was a disgraceful plan with consequences that will have wide ranging impact for the next decade," said plaintiffs' attorney Denise Hulett of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund in a statement.</p> <p>Hazel previously decided that the discrimination and conspiracy allegations —<strong> </strong>brought first by plaintiffs represented by MALDEF and Asian Americans Advancing Justice — did not have enough supporting evidence. </p> <p>But in a court order released Wednesday, Hazel said that the plaintiffs' request for a reconsideration of their claims "raises a substantial issue."</p> <p>The judge did not provide any additional details. His order said to expect an accompanying opinion to be released soon.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/04/17/713762546/appeal-to-census-lawsuit-ruling-adds-uncertainty-to-citizenship-questions-fate">Maryland cases have been appealed</a> to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which would have to agree to send the cases back to Hazel before he could issue a new ruling to block the citizenship question.</p> <p>The 4th Circuit has already set a schedule to review the discrimination claim this month. 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