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US Supreme Court Throws Out Challenge to Trump Census Immigrant Plan

Reuters

   WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday threw out a lawsuit
   seeking to block President Donald Trump's plan to exclude immigrants
   living in the United States illegally from the population count used to
   allocate congressional districts to states.
   The 6-3 ruling on ideological lines with the court's six conservatives
   in the majority and three liberals dissenting, gives Trump a short-term
   victory as he pursues his hard-line policies toward immigration in the
   final weeks of his presidency.
   However, his administration is battling against the clock to follow
   through on the vaguely defined proposal before President-elect Joe
   Biden takes office on Jan 20. The justices left open the possibility of
   fresh litigation if Trump's administration completes its plan.

   The unsigned decision said that "judicial resolution of this dispute is
   premature" in part because it is not clear what the administration
   plans to do. The ruling noted that the court was not weighing the
   merits of Trump's plan.
   Challengers led by New York state and the American Civil Liberties
   Union said Trump's proposal would dilute the political clout of states
   with larger numbers of such immigrants, including heavily Democratic
   California, by undercounting state populations and depriving them of
   seats in the U.S. House of Representatives to the benefit of his fellow
   Republicans.
   "If the administration actually tries to implement this policy, we'll
   sue. Again. And we'll win," said Dale Ho, a lawyer for the American
   Civil Liberties Union who represents the challengers.

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