JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/18pdf/18-966_bq7c.pdf'>opinion</a> for a unanimous Court with respect to Parts I and II, and the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts III, IV–B, and IV–C, in which Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined; with respect to Part IV–A, in which Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined; and with respect to Part V, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

Joint letter in opposition to petitioners' letter of June 25, 2019, filed by respondents. (Distributed)

Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/27/2019.

Letter of respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al. filed.

Letter of petitioners notifying Court of 4th Cir. ruling in related case filed. (Distributed)

Letter of petitioners Department of Commerce, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Letter of respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Petitioners' opposition to motion for limited remand filed. (Distributed)

Motion for limited remand filed by respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al. (Distributed)

Letter of respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al. notifying Court of reply filed in district court of (copy of reply attached) filed. (Distributed)

Letter of petitioners updating Court on district court proceedings (Government's response to motion attached) filed. (Distributed)

Letter of respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al. notifying Court of new proceedings in the district court (proposed redacted motion attached) filed. (Distributed)

Argued. For petitioners: Noel J. Francisco, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents New York, et al.: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, New York, N. Y. For respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al.: Dale E. Ho, New York, N. Y. For United States House of Representatives, as amicus curiae: Douglas N. Letter, General Counsel, U. S. House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.

Reply of petitioners Department of Commerce, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Joint motion for enlargement of time for oral argument and for divided argument filed by respondents GRANTED in part and the time is divided as follows: 40 minutes for petitioners, 20 minutes for respondents New York, et al., 10 minutes for respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al., and 10 minutes for amicus curiae United States House of Representatives.

Motion of United States House of Representatives for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Brief amici curiae of Current Members of Congress and Bipartisan Former Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of State of California filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Proof of Service filed with respect to brief of amici Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), et al..

Brief amici curiae of Plaintiffs in Kravitz et al. v. United States Department of Commerce et al., No. 18-1041 (D.MD) filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American Statistical Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of The Nielsen Company (US), LLC filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of United States House of Representatives filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Arab American Institute filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of The Council of the Great City Schools filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Harris County, Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Lawyers for Civil Rights, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of 190 Bipartisan Elected Officials, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Former Census Bureau Directors filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Foundations and Philanthropy-Serving Organizations filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Former Federal District Judges filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of National Asian Pacific Bar Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA) and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of County of Santa Clara, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Legal Services NYC, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of John R. Dunne, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Common Cause, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Historians and Social Scientists Margo Anderson, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of City of San Jose and the Black Alliance for Just Immigration filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Nicholas Bagley, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of National Council of Nonprofits, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of California Legislature filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of LatinoJustice PRLDEF, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Certificate of Service filed with respect to brief of amicus curiae of Arab American Institute.

Brief amici curiae of Norman Y. Mineta, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Natural Resources Defense Council filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Businesses and Business Organizations filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents New York, et al. (Government Plaintiffs-Respondents) filed. (Distributed)

Joint appendix of respondents filed (Volumes 2, 3 & 4). (Statement of costs filed). (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of The National School Boards Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Record received from the U.S.D.C. Southern District of New York. The record is Sealed. (One Envelope).

Brief amici curiae of The KIPP Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit.

Blanket consent filed by petitioners.

CIRCULATED

The parties are directed to brief and argue the following additional question: Whether the Secretary of Commerce’s decision to add a citizenship question to the Decennial Census violated the Enumeration Clause of the U.S. Constitution, art. I, §2, cl. 3. Respondents are allowed an additional 2,000 words in aggregate to address this question in their briefs on the merits. Petitioners are allowed an additional 1,000 words to address this question in their reply brief on the merits.

Joint letter of respondents in response to letter of Solicitor General filed. (Distributed)

Letter of petitioners updating Court on related case filed. (Distributed)

Joint motion for enlargement of time for oral argument and for divided argument, and response to motion of United States House of Representatives for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed by respondents New York et al.

Brief amici curiae of Oklahoma, et al. filed.

Joint appendix of petitioners filed (Volume 1). (Statement of costs filed)

Brief of petitioners Department of Commerce, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in support of neither party filed.

Brief amici curiae of Ronald A. Cass & Christopher C. DeMuth, Sr. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Project on Fair Representation filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Public Interest Legal Foundation filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.

Brief amici curiae of Republican National Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee filed.

Brief amici curiae of Citizens United, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch and Allied Educational Foundation filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed. (Distributed)

Motion of United States House of Representatives for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Blanket Consent filed by respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al.

Blanket Consent filed by respondents New York, et al. (government respondents).

Letter of petitioners filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 (10 a.m.).

Petitioner's brief on the merits, and any amicus curiae briefs in support of petitioners or in support of neither party, are to be filed on or before Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Respondents' briefs on the merits, and any amicus curiae briefs in support of respondents, are to be filed on or before Monday, April 1, 2019. The reply brief on the merits is to be filed in accordance with Rule 25.3 of the Rules of this Court.

Joint letter of the parties proposing briefing schedule filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment GRANTED. The case will be set for argument in the second week of the April argument session.

Reply of petitioners Department of Commerce, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Project on Fair Representation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch and AEF filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al. in opposition filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Public Interest Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Ronald A. Cass & Christopher C. DeMuth, Sr. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of United States House of Representatives filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents New York et al. (Government Plaintiffs-Respondents) in opposition filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.

Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.

Response to petitioners' motion to expedite from respondents New York, et al. (Government Plaintiffs-Respondents) filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due February 25, 2019)

Motion to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by petitioners.