Welp Happy Holiday's from SCOTUS with a mess of a decision on the census this morning

Here's the opinion.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20-366_7647.pdf

By a 6-3 vote the Court says the challenge to the administration's efforts to exclude undocumented folks from the census is premature.

Breyer leading the liberals, says nope its not AND trying to exclude undocumented folks is unlawful. It's an excellent dissent frankly

What the Court's majority DIDN'T do is bless the administration's efforts to exclude undocumented folks on the merits. That is a good thing!

But they didn't toss that effort out on its ass. That is a bad thing!

Today's decision works as a punt on the administration's arguments that undocumented people should not count in the census. And that leaves the door open for FUTURE conservative administrations to relitigate that question

What does that mean for the census which is supposed to be completed....in a matter of weeks? Well it's all a mess. But basically the Court said it doesn't know if the Census Bureau actually can count the non-citizens, get that to Trump, and have apportionment happen in time

That's the basis of the Court's standing/ripeness conclusion.

SO

If Wilbur Ross can in fact cook the numbers AND the Trump Administration tries to move forward with apportionment my guess is you'll see a new lawsuit from the ACLU saying nope that's mess is unconstitutional

@AngryBlackLady and I go into the case here, especially the merits of the administration's arguments that undocumented folks are not really "people" per the constitution #TeamLegal https://rewirenewsgroup.com/multimedia/podcast/will-the-supreme-court-let-trump-rig-the-census/