| The Commerce Department had asked the justices to block a lower court ruling that barred the administration from stopping the head count on Oct. 5. The administration had sought to stop counting in order to determine the number of House seats and electoral votes each state gets for the coming decade by Dec. 31, before President Trump might have to leave office. |  |
News Alert Tuesday, October 13 |
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|  | | Supreme Court temporarily allows Trump administration to end census head count | | The Commerce Department had asked the justices to block a lower court ruling that barred the administration from stopping the head count on Oct. 5. The administration had sought to stop counting in order to determine the number of House seats and electoral votes each state gets for the coming decade by Dec. 31, before President Trump might have to leave office. | | |
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