The Census: Back at the Supreme Court

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🗓️ 4 December 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Can non-citizens be excluded from the census count, which serves as a basis of apportionment and allocates seats in the House of Representatives? Janai Nelson of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and John Eastman of Chapman University debate this question, which is at the heart of Trump v. New York, the 2020 census case that the Supreme Court heard on November 30. Jeffrey Rosen moderates. Questions or comments about the podcast? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.

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0:00.0	I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome
0:07.4	to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:10.8	The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase
0:16.2	awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.
0:20.9	On November 30th, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the 2020 census case,
0:25.2	Trump versus New York. To explore the case and recap the argument, I'm joined by two
0:30.0	experts who filed amicus briefs in the case.
0:33.9	Janay Nelson is Associate Director, Council of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund,
0:39.7	where she is also a member of LDF's litigation and policy teams.
0:44.2	Janade Nelson joined LDF in filing an amicus brief
0:47.1	in support of Apollese, the state of New York.
0:49.8	Janay, thank you so much for joining.
0:51.8	Happy to be here, Jeffrey.
0:52.8	Thank you.
0:53.7	And John Eastman is Henry Salvatore,
0:55.5	professor of law and community service
0:57.2	and director at the Center for Constitutional Juris Bruton
1:00.1	at the Dale Fowler School of Law.
1:02.4	He previously clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas at the Dale Fowler School of Law. He previously clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas
1:04.1	at the Supreme Court.
1:05.2	Resor Eastman joined two separate amicus briefs on behalf of the appellants,
1:08.8	including President Trump.
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