SCOTUS blocks census citizenship question, finding Commerce secretary's rationale pretextual

Chief Justice Roberts wrote for a 5-4 majority in Dept. of Commerce v. New York, 588 U.S. 752 (2019), that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross's stated rationale for adding a citizenship question — that DOJ needed it for Voting Rights Act enforcement — was "pretextual." Documents from Republican redistricting strategist Thomas Hofeller showed the question was designed to advantage Republicans and non-Hispanic whites. The citizenship question was dropped from the 2020 census.