The United States Supreme Court ruled that the so called citizenship question cannot be on the 2020 census as proposed. It did not rule that the question itself couldn’t appear, just that the reasons given by proponents of the question to appear were not acceptable. The possibility that the question could appear in the future under different circumstances was left open. Initially, the powers that be accepted the decision and moved forward with printing the census documents without the citizenship question. It should be noted that the Supreme Court rejected the question in part because it didn’t believe the reasons given by our government. Evidence existed that proved that the government had different motives than those presented to the Court. In short, they lied. President Trump seemed to accept the decision until he didn’t. In a tweet, he asserted that he didn’t accept the opinion and was looking for a way to get the question on the census despite the Court’s ruling. This is not surprising. President Trump has praised courts that agree with him while ridiculing court’s that rule against him. Any experienced judge knows that every decision disappoints somebody. That is part of the game. Federal judges were given lifetime appointments to insulate them from political pressure. Will the President defy the Supreme Court? If he does, will there be any consequences? Our nation was founded on principles of checks and balances predicated by three co-equal branches of government. Over the last 240 years we have survived many challenges. The rule of law has sustained us. Let’s hope for another 240 years as a nation of laws rather of men.
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