Supreme Court restores Trump's mass voter verification system
The Supreme Court revived an expanded immigration database the Trump admin said targets voting by noncitizens but critics say could disenfranchise voters.
TL;DR
- The Supreme Court has reinstated an expanded immigration database initiated by the Trump administration.
- The database aims to combat voting by noncitizens, but critics argue it risks disenfranchising eligible voters.
- The court's conservative majority sided with the Justice Department, overriding a lower court's block on the system.
- Critics cite instances where naturalized citizens have been flagged as noncitizens, leading to their removal from voter rolls.
- The ruling allows state officials to use federal records, including Social Security numbers, to check the citizenship status of registered voters.
- Liberal justices dissented, arguing that the potential harm to lawful voters outweighs any perceived government benefit.