Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump's census plan

Supreme Court sounded skeptical Monday that President Donald Trump could categorically exclude people living in country illegally from population count used to allot seats among states in House of Representatives.

But it also appeared possible that justices could avoid a final ruling on issue until y kw how broly Trump ministration acts in its final days in office and wher division of House seats is affected.

president has tried to do what Trump outlined in a memo in July — remove millions of ncitizens from once-a-dece he count of U.S. population that determines how many seats each state gets in House of Representatives, as well as allocation of some federal funding.

court, meeting by telephone because of coronavirus pandemic, heard arguments in its second case in two years related to 2020 census and immigrants.

census alrey is facing vel questions over delines, data quality and politics, including wher incoming Biden ministration would do anything to try to reverse decisions me under Trump.