Litigation
Maryland Court Decision on Census Citizenship Question
April 5, 2019Federal Judge Hazel Issues Final Ruling In Favor of Advancing Justice | AAJC and MALDEF to deny a citizenship question on the 2020 Census
Federal Judge Hazel Issues Final Ruling In Favor of Advancing Justice | AAJC and MALDEF. No citizenship question on the 2020 Census. In his ruling, Judge Hazel noted:
“In his cursory wave-of-the-hand treatment of the obligation to pretest survey materials, the Secretary (Ross) failed to identify any plausible rationale for deviating from the Bureau’s rigorous pretesting standards.”