would pass legal muster, but he s also considering taking executive action. garrett tenney is live in washington. hello, garrett. reporter: hey, mike. the administration s now trying to come up with a better justification for why iten wants to include the citizenship question on the 2020 census. the supreme court ruled that it was legal but said the administration s explanation that it was to enforce the voting rights act lacked merit. president trump is vowing to keep this fight alive. as he departed the white house friday, he said he s looking at four or five options including different justifications and potentially an executive order. if. i just spoke with the attorney general. we have a number of different avenues we can use, all of them we re doing very well. you need it for many reasons. number one, you need it for congress for districting. you need it for appropriations, where are the funds going? how many people are there? are they citizens? are they not citizens?