澳彩开奖 Action Fund Responds to SCOTUS Decision to Halt Census Count
MONTGOMERY, Ala.聽鈥撀燭he following statement regarding the Supreme Court's decision to halt the census count while litigation continues in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the聽Eighth Circuit is by Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director for the 澳彩开奖 Action Fund:
鈥淭oday, the Supreme Court issued yet another serious blow to our democratic system of government by ignoring the Constitution鈥檚 requirement that the Department of Commerce conduct a complete and accurate census count. 聽As Justice Sotomayor emphasized in her , 鈥榌t]he harms caused by rushing this year鈥檚 census count are irreparable. 聽And [communities] will suffer their lasting impact for at least the next 10 years.鈥� Those impacts will be felt across the board 鈥� in lost education, transportation, and healthcare funding essential for communities as well as in diminished political representation for their interests.鈥�
