Chilled from participating in the enumeration. But that counting is now over and whatever chill ever existed has odd thawed. Appellees therefore pivot to possible future injuries but as of this morning career experts at the Census Bureau confirmed with me that they still dont know even roughly how many illegal aliens they will be able to identify, let alone how their number and geographic concentration may affect apportionment. And if they dont know, certainly the otheparties of the case do not david the court should therefore follow the course charted out by the District Court judge last week, vacate the judgment bel, allow the sectary to comply with the memorandum, and allow any effect on apportionnt to be litigated as it normally would be. Is no merits, there procedural problem with the memorandum. The directionmade in two sets of numbers to decide the numbers being the real fight is sstantive, over how much discretion a president has. Text, history, and president are all clear abou
These developments were particularly troubling because they were not reported to our committee before we write about them in the press or before the census director made his public statement. Committee has jurisdiction, but nobody from the Trump Administration informed us about these problems or delays. For these reasons, the committee wrote a letter to the Census Bureau november 19. We asked for documents career officials prepared describing these data problems and the resulting delays. We also requested documents repaired for the department of commerce, including the commerce secretary. But in response to our request, they gave us nothing, absolutely nothing, not even a single page. Were due a week ago, and the census is in its most critical stage. Yet the Trump Administration seems to believe they owe congress nothing, no documents whatsoever. Last week, we held a bipartisan staff rethink with the director and his top aides. Hadntd them why they turned over any of the documents we w
As we have a virtual frontrow seat to listen in on a fascinating discussion between our friend, talmage boston, and former secretary of state, james baker iii. As you know, secretary baker was a powerhouse in washington, d. C. , in the beltway, and literally around the globe as he served as the United States secretary of state and also further served four United States president s over the course of three decades. Secretary baker was scheduled to be our capstone speaker at the 2020 vision for leadership conference. However, he and mrs. Baker contracted covid19. Im pleased to report that they now have covid19, the illness, in their rear view mirror. Today the secretary will be interviewed by talmage boston. Talmage in his own right is a highprofile persona in texas and across the nation. He is a leading trial lawyer. He is known in our profession as what we call a goto lawyer or a super lawyer. Talmage is also a historian, and he has a special focused interest on the qualities of leader
Justice and the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. All persons having business for the honorable Supreme Court of the United States are advised to give their attention for the court is now sitting. God save the United States and this honorable court. We will hear argument first this morning in case trump vs. New york. Mr. Chief justice and may it please the court, this case should be over. Thatistrict court held illegal aliens would be shielded from her dissipating in the enumeration. But that is now over, and whatever existed has thawed. They pivoted therefore to possible future injuries but as of this very morning, career experts at the Census Bureau confirmed with me that they still dont know even roughly how many illegal aliens they would be able to identify, let alone how their number and geographic concentration might affect the course of it. And if they dont know, certainly the other parties in this case do not. The court therefore should follow the co
Perilous time for the 2020 census. Troubling, there were reports indicating career officials at the Census Bureau warned the trump about significant problems that will delay the delivery of census data to late january or early february. After these reports became public, the director of the census, dr. Steven billingham, issued a Public Statement confirming problems were found, but provided no details. These developments were particularly troubling because they were not reported to our committee before we write about them in the press or before the census director made his Public Statement. Committee has jurisdiction, but nobody from the Trump Administration informed us about these problems or delays. For these reasons, the committee wrote a letter to the Census Bureau november 19. We asked for documents career officials prepared describing these data problems and the resulting delays. We also requested documents repaired for the department of commerce, including the commerce secretary