Supreme Court Blocks Census Citizenship Question

Supreme Court Blocks Census Citizenship Question
A U.S. Census envelope in a file photo. Michelle R. Smith/AP Photo
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WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court is forbidding President Donald Trump’s administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census for now. The court says the Trump administration’s explanation for wanting to add the question was “more of a distraction” than an explanation.

It’s unclear whether the administration would have time to provide a fuller account. Census forms are supposed to be printed beginning next week.