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In a reaction to today's decision, Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF, plaintiffs in the census case, said in a statement that SCOTUS "effectively ruled." He added that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross "lied to Congress and the public about the reasons he chose to add an unwarranted citizenship question to Census 2020."

Saenz said Ross "now must try, in very short order, to fix his mess."

Read Saenz's full statement:

“Today, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively ruled that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross lied to Congress and the public about the reasons he chose to add an unwarranted citizenship question to Census 2020, and he now must try, in very short order, to fix his mess. This ruling vindicates the legal victory in MALDEF’s case in Maryland on the issue of pretext under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA). It is far from clear that Ross, accomplished prevaricator that he is, can put forward a legitimate explanation for his biased actions.

“At the same time, todays’ Supreme Court decision permits our live, ongoing claim — that the Trump administration intentionally discriminated against the Latino community in violation of the Constitution — to move forward to prevent the citizenship question from staying on Census 2020. We will be immediately pursuing that claim in Maryland federal District Court and in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, confident that the increasingly clear picture of conspired racial discrimination will prevail in removing any doubt about the impropriety of the late-added citizenship query.”

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