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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Supreme Court appears ready to allow a citizenship question on 2020 Census

    The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on whether to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. It appears ready to give the Trump administration a win in its push to add that question.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 23, 2019 • 1 min read

    The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on whether to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. It appears ready to give the Trump administration a win in its push to add that question. The Census survey isn’t usually the subject of extreme partisan fighting, but there’s a lot at stake. It dictates how many representatives each state gets in Congress, and how much federal money states get.

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    ISIS claims responsibility for bombings in Sri Lanka
    1. 0:00In the wake of the Sri Lanka attacks, what’s the state of ISIS?
    2. 7:06What we know about the United Constitutional Patriots, the militia group detaining migrants at the border
    3. 17:14Supreme Court appears ready to allow a citizenship question on 2020 CensusYou’re reading this
    4. 26:14Comedian Ramy Youssef stars in first TV sitcom about Muslim Americans
    5. 41:21A professional gambler is breaking Jeopardy
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