Top Court Rejects Challenge to Trump Census Bid as Premature (2)

A divided U.S. Supreme Court threw out a challenge to President Donald Trump’s bid to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census count, saying opponents must wait to see whether his effort succeeds and affects the allocation of congressional seats or federal dollars.

The 6-3 ruling Friday eliminates one obstacle to the administration’s push to finalize the numbers and submit a report to Congress before President-elect Joe Biden takes office Jan. 20. Trump is trying to change more than two centuries of practice in a nation that has always counted non-citizen residents, even those in the U.S. illegally.

“At present, ...