DOJ Appoints New Legal Team to Take on Census Question
Posted on AllSides July 8th, 2019
From The Right
A new team of lawyers is taking over the U.S. census case for the Department of Justice, a shakeup that comes as President Donald Trump continues his push to include a contentious citizenship question in the decennial population survey, ABC News reports.
The new team will be a mix of career and political appointees, including lawyers who work in the consumer protection branch.
“As will be reflected in filings tomorrow in the census-related cases, the Department of Justice is shifting these matters to a new team of Civil Division lawyers...
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