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Cite as:  592 U. S. ____ (2020) 

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SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting 

rushing  this  year’s  census  count  are  irreparable.   And  re-
spondents  will  suffer  their  lasting  impact  for  at  least  the 
next 10 years. 

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  The  Government  has  not  satisfied  its  “especially  heavy 
burden” to justify a stay pending appeal of the lower court’s 
injunction.    Packwood  v.  Senate  Select  Comm.  on  Ethics, 
510 U. S. 1319, 1320 (1994) (Rehnquist, C. J., in chambers).  
Because  the  harms  associated  with  an  inaccurate  census 
are  avoidable  and  intolerable,  I  respectfully  dissent  from 
the grant of stay.