Fight Over Ending Census Count Early Goes to Supreme Court (1)

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross sought a rescue from the U.S. Supreme Court after two lower courts ordered his department to keep the census count going until the end of the month.

Ross on Wednesday filed an emergency request with the high court hours after a mid-level appeals panel backed a California federal judge who blocked the Trump administration’s plan to curtail the timeline for the once-a-decade nationwide population count. Ross is asking the justices to preserve the administration’s schedule while the litigation continues.

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh last month agreed with civil rights groups that argued Ross’s revised ...