The White House is likely to unveil Friday an executive order by President Trump banning the Census Bureau from counting undocumented immigrants in its 2020 decennial survey, Politico reported.
This will be litigated.
Pretty clearly unconstitutional as noted in the article, using the plain language of that document. It seems to me that even Clarence Thomas would have a hard time contorting himself around that one.
Since when has Donnie noticed the Constitution?
“The Constitution mandates a “actual Enumeration” every 10 years so that “all persons” can be counted for the purposes of allotting U.S. representatives among the states.”
Pretty clear to me Trump is an asshole.
Definitely acting as if the clock is running out for them. I pray that it is.
You are right. Why should he notice the Constitution? After all he just swore to this oath: "“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
But then I guess he would say that he has no ability to do this. But in that case, he should be thrown out on his ass.
Lies and nonsense. This requirement is nowhere in the Russian Constitution.
In the Before Times, I would have jokingly suggested that maybe the administration would argue that undocumented immigrants obviously don’t count as “persons”. Ha ha it’s funny see because nobody is that ignorant and bigoted.
Now I can only assume that that will be the exact, literal argument they make in court.
His unlawful administrators will obey, we will take it to court but by then it will be 2030.
But will it have the effect of keeping even more individuals from the census report? This administration is just plain evil!
In keeping with the spirit of the nation’s citizenry we could just count undocumented immigrants as 3/5th of a person.
Yes it will, and it will be struck down. But he’s got nothing left to do now but pretend to be president in really the worst ways he can think of to pretend. He’s a freak.
Matthew Miller
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I feel like an underrated selling point for Joe Biden is that he won’t stock his administration with cranks, crackpots, and kooks.
6:12 AM · Jul 15, 2020
And also:
Only in southern States.
This bit of flummery won’t last until the water gets hot.
It will be litigated, a temporary injunction will be issued, and Trump will fuss and fume and do nothing.
Bigots and xenophobes aren’t limited to the southern states. Idaho, Indiana, the Dakotas, Arizona, hell, all the rest of the states, are chock full of them.
The crusty old Procrustean? He’ll cut off his own legs to make it fit.
THOMAS: “Challenge accepted…!”
