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Supreme Court lets Trump admin use federal database to check citizenship, reversing lower court

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Chamberlain, S. (2026, September 25). Supreme Court lets Trump admin use federal database to check citizenship, reversing lower court. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/25/us-news/supreme-court-lets-trump-admin-use-federal-database-to-check-citizenship-reversing-lower-court/

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The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to use a federal database called SAVE to check Americans' citizenship status for the November midterm elections, reversing a previous lower court ruling. The court's six conservative justices decided that while states cannot remove voters from rolls within 90 days of an election, the Department of Homeland Security can assist in verifying voter eligibility through this expanded database system. This decision comes despite Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan’s earlier order cautioning against the misuse and potential inaccuracies of the citizenship data involved.

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On Friday, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision allowing the Trump administration to temporarily use the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database during the appeal process. The SAVE system was expanded last year to help states verify voter eligibility by accessing citizenship and Social Security data, but it faced legal challenges due to privacy concerns and potential inaccuracies in the information provided. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented against this ruling. The decision has been met with support from several Republican-led states like Texas, which see it as a means of ensuring accurate voter rolls ahead of the November midterms. However, some election law experts warn that the immediate impact on upcoming elections may be limited due to federal laws prohibiting systematic purges within 90 days before an election.

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The Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Trump administration can check Americans’ Social Security numbers, citizenship status and other data to help state and local officials oversee the November midterm elections, reversing a lower court order that warned the feds were infringing on privacy rights. asserted

feds → rule → rights

The ruling allows the Department of Homeland Security to re-access the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system, a 40-year-old database which was revamped in response to President Trump’s March 2025 executive order meant to ensure only Americans vote in national elections. asserted

Americans → allow → elections

DHS had added natural-born citizens to the register and allowed bulk searches of the database using names, birthdays and Social Security numbers rather than special identification numbers issued by the agency. asserted

DHS → add → agency

DC US District Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan ordered DHS to stop using the database in June, writing that “Congress put protections in place to prevent precisely this type of centralized data bank” and accusing the administration of having “haphazardly combined and repurposed the private information of millions of Americans, including citizenship data that they knew to be unreliable,” allowing states to “actively remov[e] United States citizens from voter rolls based on inaccurate information.” asserted

states → order → information

In an unsigned per curiam, the court’s six conservative justices noted that while states are not allowed to purge voters from the rolls fewer than 90 days before the midterms, DHS can use “the modified SAVE program to conduct individualized inquiries … asserted

DHS → note → inquiries

[Judge Sooknanan’s] order thus inhibits the Federal Government’s efforts to assist state and local agencies in the proper administration of the midterm elections.” asserted

order → inhibit → elections

Supreme Court lets Trump admin use federal database to check citizenship, reversing lower court

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