A new report states that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ deciding vote in the Supreme Court’s decision against adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census was eerily reminiscent of his 2012 deciding vote that rescued Obamacare; Roberts seemed firmly in the camp of conservatives on the court before he suddenly switched his vote to join the four liberals on the court.
CNN reports that when the justices on the court first heard arguments in the case in late April, Roberts was on the side of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and the Trump administration. During oral arguments on April 23, Roberts stated, “We’ve had demographic questions on the census — I don’t know how far back, but, certainly, it’s quite common. … Sex, age, things like that. … Do you own your house? Do you own a radio? I mean, the questions go quite beyond how many people there are … The CVAP, Citizen Voting Age Population, is the critical element in voting rights enforcement, and this is getting citizen information.”
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