TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 18, 2020

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that it is too early to resolve the legality of the Trump administration’s plan to exclude people who are in the country illegally from the state-by-state breakdown used to allocate seats in the House of Representatives. The decision puts at least a temporary end to the litigation challenging the president’s plan, SCOTUSBlog reports. But it leaves open the possibility that plan opponents could return to court if the administration attempts to implement it in the next several weeks.