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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 928468" data-attributes="member: 12952">Judicial&nbsp; Watch Files Amicus Curiae Brief With Supreme Court Challenging U.S.&nbsp; Census Policy of Counting Illegal Aliens When Apportioning Seats in&nbsp; CongressJudicial Watch Brief Supports Lawsuit Filed by State&nbsp; of Louisiana Which Lost a Seat in the House of Representatives Due to&nbsp; Census Bureau’s Unlawful Policy(MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Judicial Watch, the&nbsp; organization that investigates and fights government corruption,&nbsp; announced today that it filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S.&nbsp; Supreme Court on behalf of the State of Louisiana challenging a current&nbsp; federal policy in which “unlawfully present aliens” were counted in the&nbsp; 2010 Census (Louisiana v. Bryson).The government used these census numbers to reapportion seats in the&nbsp; House of Representatives and, as a result, the State of Louisiana lost a&nbsp; House seat to which it was entitled. Louisiana is asking that the&nbsp; Supreme Court order the federal government to recalculate the 2010&nbsp; apportionment of House seats based upon legal residents as the U.S.&nbsp; Constitution requires.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 928468, member: 12952"] [B]Judicial Watch Files Amicus Curiae Brief With Supreme Court Challenging U.S. Census Policy of Counting Illegal Aliens When Apportioning Seats in Congress Judicial Watch Brief Supports Lawsuit Filed by State of Louisiana Which Lost a Seat in the House of Representatives Due to Census Bureau’s Unlawful Policy (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — [/B]Judicial Watch, the organization that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that it filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the State of Louisiana challenging a current federal policy in which “unlawfully present aliens” were counted in the 2010 Census (Louisiana v. Bryson). The government used these census numbers to reapportion seats in the House of Representatives and, as a result, the State of Louisiana lost a House seat to which it was entitled. Louisiana is asking that the Supreme Court order the federal government to recalculate the 2010 apportionment of House seats based upon legal residents as the U.S. Constitution requires. [/QUOTE]

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