From the dead guy whose daughter found them and where all the shenanigans were said to be directed? I hope so cause that seemed pretty compelling as to why Trump and his cronies were doing this.

so, no. There is no way this is going to take 2 years to resolve. And if Trump dares an illegal Executive Order approach it will get expedited even faster. The constitutional requirements for a ten-year census to be complete only adds the fast-tracking.

Trump has only himself to blame. DOJ attorneys recognized the risk for discovery when they initially withdrew from the case and stated that the citizenship question would not be on the census.

If they were smart, they would convince Trump to pack it in and this material would be unlikely to see the light of day.

that took 2 yrs....
DACA is Still out there...5yrs later

to be. None of the elements of Obama's case meet the time-sensitive nature of this one.

The only similarity is both cases (potentially) could involve an executive order. The fact is this is on fast track before Trump even tries such a stunt. And given the ultimate powers governing the census are specifically an Article I function in the Constitution, Trump's possible EO will not fly.

And, the final reason why your comparison has no relevance to the current issue at hand, is the ticking clock on the census.

If you think..for 1 minute.. Dumpster isn't trying a work around....that's a bold/but not smart idea.

Of course, Trump is going to try his bag of tricks. That isn't at issue. The court has already shown its intent to expedite. That has already been demonstrated. And again, you present no counter to why the Obama case and this case are not so significantly different on all the important elements including time sensitivity.

They don't want this to get out any more than it already has....

but what kind of information do we have access too in discovery and is there any way for the government to avoid it (such as dropping the case?)

i'm just curious if things like Wilber Ross's memos and emails will become public through this, since we already know what the scumfuck is trying to do I would love to see it made public.

the tapes/files of the now-dead Republican gerrymandering proponent/operative.

Presumably the fact that this information would/could come out is why the DOJ attorneys were dropping the case to begin with, following the SCOTUS decision. This is the backfire resulting from Trump's tweets.

intransigence.

Here is the link to the full unrolled thread for those who can not see embedded tweets:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1147236139968995328.html

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HUGE!!!

A lot of people aren't going to respond to the census even with the citizenship question being left off.

like he does for everything else?

overrule. See Laurence Tribe's comments on this:

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can drumpf just claim executive privilege to refuse to turn anything over for discovery?

no. And his overreach on executive privilege has already been demonstrated, but it will not legally hold re: Dept. of Commerce documents. He can try. Just as he could try an EO. Neither will ultimately fly.

by the flaccid response of the DOJ that was due by 2pm today.

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/doj-lawyers-on-census-case-had-until-2-p-m-to-respond-to-judges-demand-this-is-what-they-came-up-with/

It's certainly not the Legislative branch...

I could almost feel sorry for them; they obviously are trying to do the best they can, but they know their position is untenable.

puke:

She'll have fun with this if she is.