Five big Supreme Court decisions to watch

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The Hill

The Supreme Court is set to go back into session on Monday to begin issuing some of its biggest decisions of the year.

From high-stakes rulings for the Trump administration to revisiting battles over the separation of church and state, here are five big decisions to watch for.

Census citizenship question

The Trump administration’s efforts to add a question about citizenship landed in front of the justices last month, just weeks before the deadline to get the query added to the census.

Opponents argue that asking about citizenship will cause non-citizens and other immigrants to skip the question or the census altogether, leading to an inaccurate count of the population. Census data is used to determine congressional representation as well as federal funding.

 

But the Trump administration argues that it needs to collect the data in order to assist the Justice Department in its enforcement of the Voting Rights Act.

The court’s more liberal justices came out swinging during oral arguments, questioning the administration’s facts and suggesting the question was improperly added to the census.

But the court’s conservative majority signaled they back adding the question, making a victory for Trump seem likely.