Justices Punt on Census Apportionment, Toss NY Injunction Against Trump

Justices Punt on Census Apportionment, Toss NY Injunction Against Trump

"So, will illegal aliens be included in the population count used for apportionment of the House of Representatives? 

We still don’t know. 

In a 6-to-3 decision Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court held that it was too early to make a decision on the issue and that New York and the other states challenging the Trump administration did not have standing (yet) to sue.

At issue in Trump v. New York was a memorandum issued by President Donald Trump to the secretary of the Department of Commerce (where the Census Bureau is housed), directing him to exclude illegal aliens from the population to be used for apportionment of the House of Representatives “to the maximum extent feasible.”

Under federal law, the secretary presents the president with the base population to be used for apportionment. 

The president then applies a statutory formula to that population to determine the number of members of the House to which each state is entitled...Read all.