Updated Jan. 18 at 4:35 p.m. ET
The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that blocks plans to add a controversial citizenship question to the 2020 census.
The Justice Department filed a court notice Thursday that says the administration is asking the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review the first major court decision about the question. That ruling came out of two of the multiple lawsuits by more than two dozen states, cities and other groups that want the question removed.
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