Third judge blocks Trump administration from adding citizenship question to census

By Melissa Quinn

Published April 5, 2019 10:33pm ET

Third judge blocks Trump administration from adding citizenship question to census — This March 23, 2018 file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a resident in Providence, R.I., as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. A Trump administration plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census has prompted legal challenges from many Democratic-led states. | (Michelle R. Smith/AP)

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.