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The constitution also doesn't preclude counting who is able to vote. The constitution places limits on the government, but we can add things that act within tho
by TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
The constitution also doesn't preclude counting who is able to vote. The constitution places limits on the government, but we can add things that act within those bounds. Asking about citizenship falls within those bounds.
- WarOnPrivacy 6y agoArticle 1 Clause 3 requires enumeration of all free persons.
- TheAdamAndChe 6y agoYes. Again, counting citizens does not also preclude counting free persons. We already gather data on peoples race and religion, proving that we can gather more data than just headcount, and citizenship information has already been gathered between 1950 and 2000.
- jimktrains2 6y agoCounting only citizens does preclude counting all free persons. (If you're speaking about counting all but considering citizenship a demographic, that's legal and used to be done iirc, but was dropped as it was feared it would disincentivize non-citizen being counted. The recent court case about the citizenship question was settled by the courts because of administrative procedure, not the legality of the question.) Moreover, collecting demographics data is orthogonal and I'm not sure why you're bringing it up.