2020 Census Decision

Authors

Stephen Woolpert, Saint Mary's College of California

Status

Faculty

School

School of Liberal Arts

Department

Politics

Document Type

Interview

Publication Date

6-27-2019

Description

Politics Professor Steve Woolpert spoke to KTVU-TV/Fox2 about the Supreme Court's June 27 ruling that blocked the Trump administration from adding a citizen status question to the US Census. During a morning broadcast discussion with KTVU's Gasia Mikaelian, the Saint Mary's professor, whose academic research includes the impact of Supreme Court decisions on American life, called the case the most important judgement by the High Court for the current term. In its decision, the court noted the Trump Commerce Department, which had argued for inclusion of the Census citizenship question, had not made a rational and non-capricious reason for including the question in the Census and rejected the request. Woolpert also observed, "It appears that the underlying reason that Commerce Secretary wanted this was to give a structural electoral advantage to rural and non Hispanic white voters, which is discriminatory." Watch the KTVU interview.

Comments

SMC in the News: KTVU-TV Interviews Politics Professor Steve Woolpert About Supreme Court Census Vote

Disciplines

Political Science

Recommended Citation

Woolpert, Stephen. (Faculty, School of Liberal Arts) 2020 Census Decision (2019). [interview].
https://digitalcommons.stmarys-ca.edu/faculty-community-engagement/100