Yeah I kinda chuckled at that.

I think it's also funny that they clarified that "Hispanic is not to be considered a race"...ummm yeah so I can check hispanic and then claim African American???

 

i didn't even read the race questions or options, just checked accordingly.

 

Saw this on another message board. Several are sending in this as a response:

To Whom it May Concern,

Pursuant to Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution, the only information you are empowered to request is the total number of occupants at this address. My “name, sex, age, date of birth, race, ethnicity, telephone number, relationship and housing tenure” have absolutely nothing to do with apportioning direct taxes or determining the number of representatives in the House of Representatives. Therefore, neither Congress nor the Census Bureau have the constitutional authority to make that information request a component of the enumeration outlined in Article I, Section 2, Clause 3. In addition, I cannot be subject to a fine for basing my conduct on the Constitution because that document trumps laws passed by Congress.

Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brimson, 154 U.S. 447, 479 (May 26, 1894)

“Neither branch of the legislative department [House of Representatives or Senate], still less any merely administrative body [such as the Census Bureau], established by congress, possesses, or can be invested with, a general power of making inquiry into the private affairs of the citizen. Kilbourn v. Thompson, 103 U.S. 168, 190. We said in Boyd v. U.S., 116 U. S. 616, 630, 6 Sup. Ct. 524,―and it cannot be too often repeated,―that the principles that embody the essence of constitutional liberty and security forbid all invasions on the part of government and it’s employees of the sanctity of a man’s home and the privacies of his life. As said by Mr. Justice Field in Re Pacific Ry. Commission, 32 Fed. 241, 250, ‘of all the rights of the citizen, few are of greater importance or more essential to his peace and happiness than the right of personal security, and that involves, not merely protection of his person from assault, but exemption of his private affairs, books, and papers from inspection and scrutiny of others. Without the enjoyment of this right, all others would lose half their value.’”

Note: This United States Supreme Court case has never been overturned.

Respectfully,

A Citizen of the United States of America

 

What do i count my cat as. She thinks she's human.

 

Technically, yes. We deal with this in the medical world as well. Hispanic is considered a cultural background, so if you were black and grew up in Mexico or Puerto Rico you would be a hispanic African-American.

My census is still sitting on the kitchen counter. Need to get around to filling it out.

 

I tried to fill out the one we got at the ski condo, but it was a little complicated trying to explain that there are 10-14 people living in a 2 bedroom condo h: I think my buddy's dad filled it out as a joke while he was crashing there.

As for my own house, I'll probably fill it out as best I can without giving them any contact info