[EL] history of citizenship question

[Schultz, David]

Dear Morgan:

Good grief, real historians telling us about real facts about the Census
and the history of the citizenship question?  What a novel idea.

Nice.

On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 3:53 PM Morgan Kousser <kousser at caltech.edu> wrote:

> You might want to look at an amicus brief submitted in the case by a group
> of historians, led by Margo Anderson, who is probably the foremost
> historian of the Census:
>
> https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-966/94933/20190401143851826_2019-04-01%200745%20Amicus%20Brief%20for%20Historians%20and%20Social%20Scientists.pdf
>
> Bottom line:  the Census has NEVER asked a citizenship question of
> EVERYONE, and it has OFTEN asked a citizenship question of NO ONE.  The
> Commerce Department's contention that it is merely returning to a tradition
> rejected for the last 70 years is false.
> Morgan
>
> On 4/25/2019 7:34 AM, Hess, Doug wrote:
>
> Does anybody know of a good resource on the history of the citizenship
> question? I’m reading the SCOTUS transcript and the history the SG is
> giving doesn’t seem to line up with my understanding, but I could be wrong.
>
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