Third judge blocks Trump administration from adding citizenship question to census

Published April 5, 2019 10:33pm ET



The Trump administration suffered another loss Friday in its efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

In a 119-page ruling, U.S. District Judge George Hazel of the U.S. District Court in Maryland found the decision to add the citizenship question to the upcoming census violated the Administrative Procedure Act and the Constitution’s Enumeration Clause.

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