Duh, Your Honor, we can't find a reason, but we're still trying

Last week, the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration proposal to ask 2020 census respondents whether or not they are U.S. citizens, saying that administration officials had not provided an adequate reason for asking this question.

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The Trump administration said on Friday it would continue to look for ways to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census after missing a deadline to provide an adequate reason for it.

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In response, U.S. District Judge George Hazel said that he will proceed with the process of discovery, a way for opposing parties to gather evidence, which could determine whether the Trump administration proposed the citizenship question with the intention of discriminating against minorities.

“Plaintiffs’ remaining claims are based on the premise that the genesis of the citizenship question was steeped in discriminatory motive,” Hazel wrote in a court order.

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Earlier Friday, the president told reporters at the White House that “we’re fighting very hard” against the ruling, saying that he would consider issuing an executive order.

“We have four or five ways we could do it,” he said.

  HuffPo

I call bullshit.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE: