The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling by the end of this month (June) in time for the U.S. government to start printing the 2020 census forms. The decision will affect political representation for millions of people, business decisions in one of the world’s largest consumer markets, and billions of dollars of federal spending.
A federal judge previously ruled that the U.S. Commerce Secretary has violated both the law and the “public trust” in adding the question.
The question about citizenship first appeared in the U.S. Census in 1820 and was removed in 1950.
