Dept. of Commerce v. NY (18-966)
Question
- Did the district court err in enjoining the Secretary of Commerce from reinstating a question about citizenship to the 2020 census questionnaire?
- In an action seeking to set aside agency action, may a district court order discovery outside the administrative record to probe the mental processes of the agency decision maker—including by compelling the testimony of high-ranking Executive Branch officials—when there is no evidence that the decision maker disbelieved the objective reasons in the administrative record, irreversibly prejudged the issue, or acted on a legally forbidden basis?
Petitioner: United States Department of Commerce, et al.
Respondent: State of New York, et al.
Granted: 2019-02-15 00:00:00
Decided: Pending
Argued: 2019-04-23 10:06:00
Uploaded: 2019-04-26 23:59:00
Advocates: Noel J. Francisco, Barbara D. Underwood, Dale E. Ho, Douglas N. Letter
Tags: 2020 Census
