Unanimous Supreme Court blocks Ross deposition by opponents of citizenship question on census

Washington Times:

The Supreme Court stepped in Monday to block anti-Trump immigrant-rights activists and New York’s attorney general from forcing Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to sit for a deposition in the lawsuit over asking about citizenship on the 2020 census.

The justices gave the government a week to file an official appeal.

They did rule that in the meantime, a senior Justice Department official could be questioned about the citizenship decision, and other avenues of legal discovery could proceed — marking victories for the administration’s opponents.

But the court left open the chance for the government to argue those, too, overstepped their bounds, in the upcoming arguments over Mr. Ross’s deposition.

All of the justices agreed to halt the Ross deposition — but Justices Neil M. Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas said they would have gone even further and halted the New York challenge altogether.
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Democrats oppose the question because they want the non-citizens counted in order to increase Democrats congressional seats.  It is the primary reason that Democrats have become open borders proponents.  Hopefully, Gorsuch and Thomas will get others to join them and toss this case by the Democrats altogether.