Trump admin asks Supreme Court to fast-track excluding people in U.S. illegally from census
By J. Edward Moreno - 09/22/20 01:46 PM EDT
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to consider hearing oral arguments in December for its appeal of a lower court ruling blocking President Trump's order excluding people in the U.S. illegally from the census.
In court documents filed Tuesday, the Trump administration suggested hearing oral arguments for the case in December, which would allow for a final decision before the Jan. 10 deadline in federal law to transmit census numbers that will determine each state’s allotment of seats in the House of Representatives for the next decade.
“If the district court or this Court stays the judgment, there will be no need to expedite any plenary consideration of this appeal,†the administration wrote. “But if no stay is granted, the government respectfully requests such expedition.â€
The timing would also potentially allow a new justice appointed by Trump to weigh in.
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