Independence Day: Justice Department and Supreme Court

independence day: He forged ahead Wednesday even though the Supreme Court had previously frozen his efforts on the matter and the Justice Department, apparently conceding they had a weak case, had given up, according to CNN. And he tweeted early on Independence Day that people from the departments of Commerce and Justice were working over the holiday to resolve the issue. The President's latest reach for untamed executive power led him into yet another surreal head to head with the courts as Independence Day approached. Going into the hearing on Tuesday where the Justice Department said the administration would not print the census with the question, there was consensus including from the White House on the position the DOJ took, according to a US government official. Trump's stance led to an extraordinary exchange between a Maryland judge and a government lawyer hauled back from vacation who was clearly as confused over the drama as anyone else. But, a source familiar says after the Tuesday hearing the President's position on the census shifted, something top DOJ officials including Attorney General William Barr became aware of before the President's tweet. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.