From the ACLU, this is at Liberty.

I'm Emerson Sykes, a staff attorney here at the ACLU and your host.

On April 23, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear a case called Department

of Commerce versus New York.

The case is about whether or not a question about citizenship can be added to the 2020

census questionnaire.

The Department of Commerce, which is responsible for carrying out the census, says it

needs to collect citizen information and that it has every

right to decide what demographic questions go into the census as long as they are reasonable,

leaving the courts with limited ability to review the government's action. Arguing the other

side in this case is this week's guest. Dale Ho is the director of the ACLU's Voting Rights

Project and the first three-time guest

on At Liberty. Dale has litigated many important voting rights cases all over the country,

but this will be his first Supreme Court argument. We wanted to take the opportunity to speak

with him about the case and about the process of preparing for oral argument in the Supreme

Court. Dale Ho, thanks very much for joining

us today, despite your very busy schedule. Welcome back to the podcast. Thanks for having me back.

Can you start by telling us briefly what this case is about? What questions does the court need to

decide? And why is it important? So let me start with what this case is about. It's about a pillar of our

democracy. Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3 of the United

States Constitution requires a census of the entire population every 10 years. We're supposed to count

everyone in the country, adults and children, citizens and non-citizens, whether you're a voter or

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