Trump’s census power grab sets up a constitutional fight he probably doesn’t want
Trump’s move to exclude undocumented immigrants from the apportionment count was already becoming a major legal and political problem by June 30, 2020. The memo itself had not yet been issued that day, but the administration’s census posture and the surrounding litigation made clear that the White House was heading straight into a fight over who gets counted and who gets representation. For a president running on raw anti-immigrant politics, it was red meat; for the Constitution, it was a collision course.
Trump’s move to exclude undocumented immigrants from the apportionment count was already becoming a major legal and political problem by June 30, 2020. The memo itself had not yet been issued that day, but the administration’s census posture and the surrounding litigation made clear that the White House was heading straight into a fight over who gets counted and who gets representation. For a president running on ra…
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