Another Federal Judge Bars Trump Administration's Census Citizenship Question
U.S. District Juge Richard Seeborg found that the decision violated the Administrative Procedure Act, a similar conclusion that Jesse Furman of the Southern District of New York reached in a January decision in a similar legal challenge to the question.
By Ross Todd | March 06, 2019 at 01:46 PM | The original version of this story was published on The Recorder
U.S. District Judge Richard Se eborg of the Northern District of California. Photo: Jason Doiy/ALM
A federal judge in San Francisco has issued a decision finding that the Trump administration's decision to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 U.S. Census was "arbitrary and capricious."
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NY and 21 Other States Sue Trump's EPA Over 'Do-Nothing' Environmental Rule
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Court Deference to Agencies' Interpretations
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