Census Success Means Tribes, Others Cannot Show Harm, Government Tells 9th Circuit

(November 6, 2020, 2:00 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal court erred in issuing an injunction extending the 2020 census deadline, which was eventually stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court, and the groups, municipalities and Indian tribes seeking the extension due to the COVID-19 pandemic cannot show irreparable harm because the count achieved a higher enumeration rate than other recent censuses, the federal government argues in an Oct. 23 opening brief on the merits in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (National Urban League, et al. v. Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., et al., No. 20-16868, 9th Cir.)....