Trump's 'plainly bonkers' scheme to ensure 'Republicans can't lose' has surprising origin

President Donald Trump proposed conducting a new census as he schemes to keep Republicans in the congressional majorities, but experts agree the plan is plainly unconstitutional.

The president is already pushing for Republican-led states to redraw their congressional districts at mid-decade to favor Republicans in next year's midterm elections, and now he wants the Commerce Department to organize a census five years earlier than what's stipulated by law, wrote MSNBC's Steve Benen.

"The...