Amicus briefs filed in defense of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s reinstatement of a citizenship question for the 2020 Census.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Case Filings

• Brief of the Public Interest Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners (September 14, 2018)
• Brief of the Public Interest Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Petition (September 14, 2018)
• Brief of Amicus Curiae of PILF in Support of Defendant’s Position at Trial (October 29, 2018)
• Brief in Support of Government’s Position for a Writ of Mandamus Before the U.S. Supreme Court (November 13, 2018)
• Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners Before the U.S. Supreme Court (December 24, 2018)
• Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners Before the U.S. Supreme Court (February 11, 2019)
• Certiorary Granted (February 15, 2019)
• Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners Before the U.S. Supreme Court (March 6, 2019)
• Decision (June 27, 2019)

Related Press Releases

• J. Christian Adams Praises Inclusion of Citizenship Question in 2020 Census (March 27, 2018)
• J. Christian Adams Before Congress: Return Citizenship Question to Census (June 8, 2018)
• PILF Granted Amicus Position Defending 2020 Census Citizenship Question (September 25, 2018)
• PILF Applauds SCOTUS Decision on Wilbur Ross Deposition (October 22, 2018)
• PILF Granted Amicus Position Defending 2020 Census Citizenship Question at Trial (October 30, 2018)
• PILF to SCOTUS: 2020 Census Needs Citizenship Question (November 13, 2018)
• Census Citizenship Question, PILF Briefs Get SCOTUS Hearing (November 19, 2018)
• PILF to SCOTUS: Take the Census Case Now (February 11, 2019)
• Statement on Census Citizenship Question Decision (June 27, 2019)
• SCOTUSblog: The Unanswered Census Question (June 28, 2019)