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OnPolitics Today: So it needs amendments

Former Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens in 2014.

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He said what now?

John Paul Stevens was impressed by the civic engagement he witnessed at the March for Our Lives protests this past weekend. But he contends that the gun reform measures the demonstrators are asking for aren't enough.

The former Supreme Court justice's solution? Get rid of the Second Amendment altogether.

"Overturning that decision via a constitutional amendment to get rid of the Second Amendment would be simple and would do more to weaken the NRA's ability to stymie legislative debate and block constructive gun control legislation than any other available option," he wrote in a New York Times op-ed published Tuesday.

Of course, not all are pleased about Stevens' opinion - especially the National Rifle Association.

"The 97-year-old retired justice has long held the opinion that American citizens do not have the individual right to own a firearm for self-protection," Chris Cox, the NRA's legislative chief, said in a statement. "Emboldened by the mainstream media, the gun-control lobby is no longer distancing themselves from the radical idea of repealing the Second Amendment and banning all firearms."

Are you a citizen?

The Trump administration announced late Monday its plans to include a question asking people's citizenship status on the 2020 Census.

Blue states aren't having it.

California filed suit for adding the question, arguing that doing so was unconstitutional. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said the question has the potential to intimidate immigrants, whether they came to the country legally or not. That could lead to a dramatic undercount in minority communities.

California isn't alone. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Tuesday he would lead a multistate lawsuit against the question. And former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder said he planned to do the same.

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