citizenship
The House speaker called the administration's effort to add the question "disgraceful."
The group of attorneys who usually defend the government in court is off the case as Trump pushes his attempt to ask about citizenship.
President Trump has urged officials to find ways to put the question on the 2020 census even though the Supreme Court blocked the move for the time being.
The Trump administration has until Friday to show why there should be a question about citizenship on the 2020 census.
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Laurence Tribe said the attorney general will do just about anything to "please his master."
The administration said the census forms have already gone to the printer without the addition of a citizenship question.
Civil rights groups celebrated after the Supreme Court did not allow the Trump administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census for now.
The high court on Thursday effectively blocked the Trump administration from adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 census.
The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit could prevent officials from adding a citizenship question on the 2020 census.
The disclosure adds more context to how the Trump administration decided to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.