Census Citizenship Question Lawsuits In California Likely To Proceed, Judge Says
Dozens of states, cities and other groups are trying to get a question about U.S. citizenship status removed from the 2020 census. Two cases in New York are already heading toward a potential trial.
by Hansi Lo Wang
Aug 10, 2018
2 minutes
The legal fight over the controversial citizenship question on the 2020 census is likely to continue at San Francisco federal court.
"I believe the case will proceed," U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg said Friday during a hearing on whether to dismiss two of the lawsuits against the Census Bureau and the Commerce Department, which oversees the census.
Seeborg did not issue
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