Trump Reacts After Obama-Appointed Judge Blocks Administration’s Latest Census Move

After a federal judge appointed by President Barack Obama ruled against him in the 2020 census case, President Donald Trump issued a sharp critique.

President Donald Trump talks with attendees as he departs an event held to tout his administration's environmental policies in the East Room of the White House in Washington on July 8, 2019. Carlos Barria/Reuters

After a federal judge appointed by President Barack Obama ruled against him in the 2020 census case, President Donald Trump issued a sharp critique questioning whether there was a precedent for the move.

“So now the Obama appointed judge on the Census case (Are you a Citizen of the United States?) won’t let the Justice Department use the lawyers that it wants to use,” Trump wrote late July 9.