Why shouldn’t tax-paying American citizens have the right to know how many non-citizens are in the country?
That’s the question SCOTUS will need to answer shortly.
Among the issues the Supremes are expected to rule on before leaving for their summer recess is the high profile “census question.” But it actually shouldn’t be such a contentious matter ~
The first census to ask about citizenship was the one conducted in 1820, and the last was 1950. After 1950, the Census Bureau – which is part of the Commerce Department – has continued to ask that question on the “long form” census form that goes to some census-takers, as well as on its yearly questionnaire that goes to a small number of households each year, called the American Community Survey (ACS).
Source: Breitbart
This latest dispute started when Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross decided for the Trump administration that every census form in 2020 will ask each person whether they’re a citizen or not. This shouldn’t be controversial. “The basic unit of a democracy is the citizen,” explains Heritage Foundation senior fellow Mike Gonzalez
A republic should not take account of any other category, whether racial, ethnic, or sexual, when it considers rights and responsibilities. Citizenship bestows rights and responsibilities, and citizens vote in governments. Why anyone would want to ask questions on race and ethnicity in the census, but fear questions on citizenship, is beyond belief.
Which pretty much describes your average Democrat politician. They of course are outraged that anyone would ask such a question of their huge new voter demographic, so they’re fighting tooth and nail to convince the Supreme Court to disallow it.
That should be difficult for SCOTUS to justify – considering the fact that the question was apparently constitutional for the 130 years it was on the census. But these days, when half the court thinks that document is living and breathing, it’s hardly a slam-dunk.
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Related:
ACLU Scrapes Bottom to Stop Census Citizenship Question
Rep. Jim Jordan Debunks Cumming’s Claim A Citizenship Census Question Was Purely A GOP Idea
