New York et al., Respondents
Letitia James, Counsel of Record
On March 26, 2018, Secretary of Commerce Wilber Ross announced that the upcoming 2020 decennial national census of the U.S. population would include a question about citizenship status. Shortly thereafter, New York and a group of 17 other States, 16 local governments, and the U.S. Conference of Mayors filed suit to block this move. They argued that the Commerce Department had violated Federal law, administrative procedures, and the U.S. Constitution by instituting an ill-thought-out change to the census that would decrease participation from non-citizens and degrade the accuracy of the census results. After a protracted legal fight that included attempts…
