ABC considers this responsible reporting of news ?

Posted on: April 23, 2019 at 11:19:17 CT

It reads like an opinion piece:

"..The citizenship question is a bald-faced attempt to racially rig the census, undercount communities of color and undermine fair representation which our democracy relies upon..."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/supreme-court-to-decide-fate-of-citizenship-question-on-2020-census/ar-BBWcCjV

Just weeks before the 2020 census questionnaire goes to print, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the Trump administration can ask about citizenship.

Oral arguments in the case Tuesday will center on how the government can get the most accurate headcount -- and whom the census is supposed to be counting.

The stakes are significant because the census determines the apportionment of seats in Congress and how billions in federal tax dollars are distributed over the next decade.

The citizenship question is a bald-faced attempt to racially rig the census, undercount communities of color and undermine fair representation which our democracy relies upon.

The Constitution requires the government every decade to survey all "persons" living in the U.S. – an "actual enumeration" – regardless of citizenship or status. Until 1950, the census regularly asked about citizenship status, but it was discontinued 70 years ago because of concerns it harmed participation.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the census, said he sought to reinstate the question at the request of the Justice Department, in order to improve enforcement of the federal voting rights law.