One census surveyor described an incident where he walked into a home, started asking citizenship, and the person stopped and left his home, leaving the census surveyor sitting there." Tuesday's arguments overall suggested the five-justice conservative majority would uphold the Trump administration decision to add the citizenship question, over the dissent of the four liberals, including Sotomayor. When Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross ordered the citizenship question added last year, he said the Justice Department believed that resulting data would lead to better enforcement of voting rights. But Sotomayor challenged Francisco and that theory at every turn. Sotomayor has not been reluctant to invoke her personal experience or point up the impact a court ruling could have on minorities.

Source: CNN April 23, 2019 23:03 UTC