Deep Dive (PODCAST): Census Hits High Court

Cases and Controversies’ latest Deep Dive episode looks ahead to what may be the biggest argument of the term: the census case, Department of Commerce v. New York.

The justices will hear argumentsApril 23 from lawyers from the Trump administration and New York State on the hot-button issue of whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was within his rights to add a question for the 2020 census asking whether people are U.S. citizens.

It follows last term’s controversial decision in the travel ban case, where a majority of the court deferred to Trump’s executive judgment, looking past arguments of racial ...