Trump's Mid-Decade Census IS ILLEGAL – Constitution Gives CONGRESS The Power, Must Count ALL People
The Josh Lafazan Show on YouTube - Episode 171
🚨 TRUMP’S ILLEGAL CENSUS POWER GRAB EXPOSED 🚨
Welcome to The Josh Lafazan Show! Today, we’re breaking down Donald Trump’s latest scheme — a brand-new census in the middle of the decade. Sounds harmless? It’s not. It’s flat-out unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution, and no president in American history has ever tried it.
This isn’t about counting people — it’s about rigging political power for the GOP for years to come. In this episode, we reveal exactly why this move is illegal, what Trump’s real motivations are, and how Democrats are gearing up to fight back.
📝 SEGMENT 1 – WHAT THE CONSTITUTION ACTUALLY SAYS
📜 Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution makes it crystal clear: Congress, not the president, runs the “actual Enumeration” of the U.S. population — and it happens once every ten years.
📜 The 14th Amendment says representation is based on “the whole number of persons” in each state — citizens, non-citizens, everyone. You can’t just skip or exclude groups, and you can’t run another census whenever you feel like it.
⚖️ SEGMENT 2 – WHY THIS IS ILLEGAL
A mid-decade census has never been done in U.S. history — for good reason. The Founders designed it to stop politicians from manipulating the timing for political gain.
✅ Without congressional approval, Trump’s move would be an abuse of executive power.
This is about maps, seats, and power, not “better data.”
📊 SEGMENT 3 – WHAT THE GOP IS REALLY AFTER
1️⃣ Redistricting Power – Forcing new congressional maps before the next scheduled redistricting.
2️⃣ Apportionment Changes – Shifting House seats from blue states to red states.
3️⃣ Excluding Certain Groups – Continuing Trump’s past efforts to undercount immigrants, communities of color, and urban voters.
This is minority rule by design — not democracy.
💪 SEGMENT 4 – DEMOCRATIC PUSHBACK
Democrats in Congress and governors in blue states are preparing lawsuits, citing:
⚖️ SEGMENT 5 – SUPREME COURT PRECEDENTS
📌 Department of Commerce v. New York (2019) — The Court blocked Trump’s citizenship question, calling the rationale “contrived.”
📌 The Court has repeatedly recognized Congress’s exclusive authority over the census process.
Even this conservative-leaning Court would have to reckon with the Constitution’s plain text: Congress controls the census.
⚠️ SEGMENT 6 – WHY THIS MATTERS
If Trump gets away with this, any president could order a census whenever it benefits them politically.
Today it’s a mid-decade census. Tomorrow, it could be a selective one — excluding entire communities from representation. That’s authoritarian data manipulation, not democracy.
📢 SEGMENT 7 – THE TAKEAWAY
Trump’s plan is:
Defending democracy starts with defending the rules that ensure everyone counts — literally.
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