Politics | 2020 census White House Takes Census Fight to Supreme Court Trump administration asks high court to let it stop the 2020 count By Evann Gastaldo Posted Oct 8, 2020 12:42 AM CDT Copied In this March 19, 2020, file photo, is an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) The ongoing census battle has reached the highest court in the land. After a federal judge ordered the 2020 census to continue through the end of October and a US appeals court on Wednesday refused to reverse that ruling, the Trump administration that same day filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court asking it to stop the count now. The administration had instituted an Oct. 5 deadline that it said was necessary in order for the Commerce Department to get results to the White House by its Dec. 31 deadline, but opponents say that's not enough time to ensure minority populations are fully counted, the Hill reports. Per Axios, the Census Bureau said after the federal judge's ruling that it would continue its count until Oct. 31. Read These Next White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. A man has been deported for kicking an airport customs beagle. Report an error