Census

In the abortion issue, Roe v Wade, the key word was person. Here is the constitution. The 14th Amendment prohibits states from depriving a person of liberty without due process of law.   In Roe v. Wade all nine justices agreed that the use of “person” in the Constitution always assumed a born person, and therefore that the 14th Amendment’s mention of person did not confer constitutional rights until after a live birth. Here is the quote regarding the census. Note the word person. "Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed." The current government is arguing over whether illegal aliens should be counted. If the law says to count all persons this group would be included as would all people here from other countries who are here on vacation, here as part time workers, and here as students. These are after all considered people. It would seem that the obvious answer to the question should be to count citizens and that would end the discussion but in today's political environment the obvious does not prevail.