Hansi Lo Wang

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Supreme Court Speeds Up Case On Trump's Push To Alter Census For House Seats

Friday, October 16, 2020

The justices will hear oral arguments Nov. 30, increasing the potential for Trump to try to omit unauthorized immigrants from the census numbers used to reallocate House seats during his current term.

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Supreme Court Permits Trump Administration To End Census Counting Early

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration may end counting for the 2020 census on Oct. 15. Lower courts previously ordered the administration to keep counting through Oct. 31.

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Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration To End 2020 Census Early

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration's request to end the 2020 Census count as soon as possible. This comes after an emergency request from the administration.

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Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration To End Census Counting On Oct. 15

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

The Trump administration asked, and the Supreme Court allowed, for a suspension to a lower court order that extends the census schedule. The move sharpens the threat of an incomplete count.

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Trump Officials Ask Supreme Court To Block Order That Extends Census Counting

Wednesday, October 07, 2020

After a lower court ordered the Trump administration to continue counting for the 2020 census through Oct. 31, the Justice Department has asked the high court to allow it to end efforts soon.

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After 'Egregious' Violation, Judge Orders Census To Count Through Oct. 31 For Now

Friday, October 02, 2020

A federal judge has ordered the Census Bureau to keep counting households for now after finding the agency violated an earlier order by tweeting a "target" end date of Oct. 5.

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Census Bureau Gets 4th Trump Appointee In 3 Months As Count Nears End

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

The abrupt addition of appointees at a federal statistical agency largely run by career civil servants has raised concerns about political interference with the 2020 census.

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Appeals Court Rejects Push To End Census Early By Trump Administration

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

A Trump administration request to suspend a lower court order that extends the census schedule has been denied by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Census End Remains Uncertain After Judge Calls New Schedule 'A Violation'

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

A day after the Census Bureau tweeted out a new "target date" of Oct. 5 for ending 2020 census counting, a federal judge in California said she thinks the schedule change may violate a court order.

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Trump Administration Appeals Order That Extends Census Counting Through Oct. 31

Thursday, September 24, 2020

The Trump administration made last-minute changes that shortened the 2020 census schedule. A federal judge ordered it to extend counting for another month. Now the administration is appealing.

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Census Could Look 'Manipulated' If Cut Short By Trump Officials, Bureau Warned

Sunday, September 20, 2020

Curtailing the time for conducting the census in the middle of a pandemic will lead to "fatal data quality flaws that are unacceptable," Census Bureau career officials warned in an internal document.

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How Trump Officials Cut The 2020 Census Short Amid The Pandemic

Friday, September 18, 2020

Because of COVID-19, the Trump administration said it needed more time to make sure the national head count is complete and accurate. But in July, it abruptly decided to end counting a month early.

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Federal Judge Extends Order Stopping Census From Ending Early

Friday, September 18, 2020

The Trump administration has been planning to stop the census count at the end of this month. But a federal judge in California has just ordered those plans to be put on pause for another week.

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Court Order Keeps Census In Limbo As Counting End Date Looms

Thursday, September 17, 2020

After the Trump administration missed a filing deadline for court documents, a judge has ordered the wrap-up of the census to remain on hold, throwing door-knocking efforts further into uncertainty.

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Trump Administration Appeals To Supreme Court Over Blocked Census Memo

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

The administration is trying to overturn a court ruling in New York that blocks it from trying to omit unauthorized immigrants from the census numbers used to reallocate seats in Congress.

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Bipartisan Senate Push To Extend Census Begins Weeks Before Count Is Set To End

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

A bipartisan Senate bill could solve a scheduling conundrum that is putting the national count, along with the distribution of federal funding and political representation, in serious jeopardy.

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Court Blocks Trump's Attempt To Change Who Counts For Allocating House Seats

Thursday, September 10, 2020

The Constitution says that count must include every person living in the U.S. A three-judge court in New York has ruled to block the Trump administration's attempt to exclude unauthorized immigrants.

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Census Work Has Been Winding Down, But A Judge Says It Needs To Press On For Now

Saturday, September 05, 2020

A federal judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily stop wrapping up in-person counting efforts for the 2020 census, as civil rights groups push for more time.

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Federal Court Question Trump's Plan To Exclude Undocumented Immigrants From A Key Census Count

Thursday, September 03, 2020

A panel of federal judges aggressively questioned the Trump administration about its plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from the Census tally used to determine congressional seats.

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Leak Reveals Warnings Inside Census That Shortened Schedule Risks 'Serious Errors'

Wednesday, September 02, 2020

The shortened schedule for the 2020 census increases the risk of significantly decreasing data quality, according to an internal Census Bureau document obtained by the House Oversight Committee.

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