The Census and the Supreme Court
The Constitution requires a census every 10 years and
the results determine how many members each state gets in the House of
Representatives as well as the Electoral College votes. The data is also used to calculate a local
government’s share of funds under many federal government programs. So it's pretty important.
The next census is in 2020 and Wilbur Ross, the Trump
appointed Secretary of Commerce is in charge of overseeing it. The
questionnaire is meant to count all the people living in the US. He is determined to add a question regarding
citizenship to the questionnaire.
Critics say the census will not be accurate as most illegal people
living in the US will not respond. The
adding of the question has been challenged as he did not follow the law in
adding the question. Judges in several
states have ruled the addition of the citizenship question
unconstitutional. Today the Supreme
Court will hear the case. Stay tuned!
The 2010 census asked the following ten questions:
1. How many people were living or staying in this
house, apartment, or mobile home on April 1, 2010?
2. Were there any additional people staying here
April 1, 2010 that you did not include in Question 1?
3. Is this house, apartment, or mobile home:
owned with mortgage, owned without mortgage, rented, occupied without rent?
4. What is your telephone number?
5. Please provide information for each person
living here. Start with a person here who owns or rents this house, apartment,
or mobile home. If the owner or renter lives somewhere else, start with any
adult living here. This will be Person 1. What is Person 1's name?
6. What is Person 1's sex?
7. What is Person 1's age and Date of Birth?
8. Is Person 1 of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish
origin?
9. What is Person 1's race?
10.Does Person 1 sometimes live or stay somewhere
else?
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