Census Ruling Injects Uncertainty Into Supreme Court Next Steps

A New York district court ruling barring the Trump administration from including a citizenship question on the 2020 census complicates the U.S. Supreme Court’s next steps in a case that already faces a tight deadline.

In November, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a technical issue stemming from the Trump administration’s strenuous objection to a ruling requiring Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to appear for a deposition over his true reasons for adding the question to the upcoming census.

The high court agreed to consider whether federal courts can consider information outside of the formal “administrative record” when considering challenges ...