RIGHT SPEAK: New Population Data Suggest Which States Will Win and Lose Seats in Congress; SCOTUS Throws Out Challenge to Trump’s Exclusion of Illegal Aliens from Congressional Apportionment

New Population Data Suggest Which States Will Win and Lose Seats in Congress:

Census Bureau estimates show extent of Americans’ shift to traditionally Republican states in South and West

New population estimates show how Southern and Western states are poised to gain political power when the U.S. reshuffles congressional seats and Electoral College votes next year.

The Census Bureau on Tuesday released annual state population estimates as of July 1. That data was gathered separately from decennial census responses pegged to April 1, which lawmakers will use in early 2021 to redistribute seats in the House of Representatives. Because the new figures measure the population just months after the reference date of the main census, they provide a close approximation for the once-a-decade count.

Tuesday’s census estimates show that many midwestern and northeastern states continue to see their populations shrink while large southern states draw in residents. In a separate development, California’s population declined for what appears to be the first time since at least 1900, according to Brookings Institution demographer William Frey, as the state lost nearly 70,000 residents since the annual estimate released last year.

The new population estimates suggest that 10 states are likely to lose one congressional seat each: Alabama, California, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and West Virginia.

Texas is expected to gain three seats, and Florida is expected to pick up two. Five others are expected to gain one seat: Arizona, Colorado, Montana, North Carolina and Oregon.

Reapportionment
Ten seats in the House of Representatives are expected to move among states during reapportionment next year, based on new population estimates. --->READ MORE HERE

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

SCOTUS Throws Out Challenge to Trump’s Exclusion of Illegal Aliens from Congressional Apportionment:

The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) dismissed a legal challenge to President Trump’s effort to exclude illegal aliens from being counted in congressional apportionment to protect the representation of American citizens.

On Friday, in a 6-3 decision, SCOTUS threw out a legal challenge by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the state of New York against Trump’s effort to exclude illegal aliens from congressional apportionment counts that decide how many lawmakers represent each state in Congress.

The majority of justices issued an unsigned opinion which called the ACLU and New York’s challenge “premature” because it is unclear how many persons would be excluded from counts and the impact it would have on various states’ representation.