S SupremeCourtonMondayissettotakeupPresidentDonaldTrump's unprecedentedandcontentiousefforttoexcludeillegalimmigrantsfromthecensus, whichifsuccessful, couldlimitthepoliticalpowerofsomeDemocraticleaningstates.
Trump, whosehardlinestanceagainstimmigrationhasbeen a hallmarkofhispresidency, issuedthedirectiveinJuly.
移民排斥の強硬姿勢が大統領職の特徴となっているトランプ氏は、7月にこの指令を出した。
Hischallengers, whichincludeseveralUSstatesledbyNewYork, havearguedthatthemovewouldleaveseveralmillionpeopleuncountedandcausestateswithlargenumbersofimmigrantslikeheavilyDemocraticCaliforniatoloseseatsinthe U.
TheSupremeCourtlastyearruled 5 to 4 againstTrump's efforttoadd a citizenshipquestiontothecensus, Trump's administrationwouldbaseitsnumbersondatagatheredelsewhere.
But a professoratGeorgeMasonUniversity's AntonenScaliaLawSchoolinVirginia, whofiled a briefopposingTrump, saidalthoughthechallengershave a strongcase, oneobstaclecouldbethatsomeconservativejusticesembrace a broadviewofpresidentialpowers.