Supreme Court allows Trump to use controversial database to check voter citizenship
The US Supreme Court has lifted restrictions allowing the Trump administration to use the SAVE database for citizenship checks in voter rolls. The decision was reached with six conservative justices supporting the move while three liberal justices dissented. Critics argue the ruling risks removing valid voters from electoral rolls due to privacy concerns.
- ▪The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration to use the SAVE system for filtering alleged non-citizen voting.
- ▪The SAVE program was originally created in 1986 to verify citizenship for public benefits but was recently expanded to allow bulk searches using social security numbers.
- ▪A federal judge had previously ruled the system illegal for violating privacy rights, a decision that was initially upheld by a federal appeals court before being overridden by the Supreme Court.
- ▪The ruling was split along ideological lines, with six conservative justices supporting the decision and three liberal justices dissenting.
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Supreme Court revives controversial US data system for citizenship checks Image source, Getty ImagesByBernd Debusmann JrPublished25 September 2026, 17:11 BSTUpdated 6 minutes agoThe US Supreme Court has lifted restrictions on the Trump administration to use a controversial federal voter database, which uses citizenship information and other sensitive data to filter alleged non-citizen voting.Critics warn the ruling could lead to valid voters being removed from electoral rolls.The ruling marks a victory for the Trump administration as it seeks to clamp down on allegations of non-citizen voting.The three liberal-leaning liberals on the Supreme Court dissented from the decision, with the other six conservative justices supporting it.
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