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The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to use a federal immigration and Social Security database to verify voters' citizenship, while critics warned it was error-prone and risked privacy.
🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data.
The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
September 25, 2026 at 3:43 PM
🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data.
The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
Reposted by Steve Peers, Virginia Sapiro
🚨BREAKING: In a dangerous decision for voters, the Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to overhaul a federal immigration database into a vast, centralized and deeply flawed database of personal information to initiate registration purges. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court revives DHS use of flawed immigration database for voter purges
The decision lets the administration move forward with a key provision of President Trump’s first anti-voting executive order.
www.democracydocket.com
September 25, 2026 at 3:46 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a dangerous decision for voters, the Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to overhaul a federal immigration database into a vast, centralized and deeply flawed database of personal information to initiate registration purges. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Breaking: Supreme Court, over the Dissent of at Least the Three Democratic Appointed Justices, Allows States to Use Unreliable SAVE Database to Bulk Check Voter Citizenship Information (Now Updated with Analysis) electionlawblog.org/2026/breakin...
Breaking: Supreme Court, over the Dissent of at Least the Three Democratic Appointed Justices, Allows States to Use Unreliable SAVE Database to Bulk Check Voter Citizenship Information (Now Updated wi...
You can find the opinion and dissent here. The Supreme Court, with at least the three liberal Justices dissenting, has allowed states to do queries to the federal “SAVE” database that contains informa...
electionlawblog.org
September 25, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Breaking: Supreme Court, over the Dissent of at Least the Three Democratic Appointed Justices, Allows States to Use Unreliable SAVE Database to Bulk Check Voter Citizenship Information (Now Updated with Analysis) electionlawblog.org/2026/breakin...
Supreme Court Allows Use of Trump Administration’s Expansive Database for Voter Screening www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
Supreme Court Allows Use of Trump Administration’s Expansive Database for Voter Screening
Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Supreme Court Allows Use of Trump Administration’s Expansive Database for Voter Screening www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
“ it remains to be seen how much enthusiasm there will be among local and state election officials to use the federal system, as it has mistakenly flagged U.S. citizens as noncitizens in past searches.”
Supreme Court Allows Use of Trump Administration’s Expansive Database for Voter Screening (Gift Article)
Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2026 at 7:12 PM
“ it remains to be seen how much enthusiasm there will be among local and state election officials to use the federal system, as it has mistakenly flagged U.S. citizens as noncitizens in past searches.”
by Michael D. McDonald Reposted by Kate Starbird, Greg Linden
In case you don't get it, today's Supreme Court ruling allowing states to use flawed SAVE data is infected by these fraud claims. Non-citizen voting (and registration) is exceedingly rare. However, the *perception* is that huge amounts must exist requiring extraordinary measures to combat it
Every. F*cking. Time. The. Same. Story.
Make a big fraud claim that doesn't hold up on inspection. The goal is to create doubt, not provide truth
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
Make a big fraud claim that doesn't hold up on inspection. The goal is to create doubt, not provide truth
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2026 at 5:43 PM
In case you don't get it, today's Supreme Court ruling allowing states to use flawed SAVE data is infected by these fraud claims. Non-citizen voting (and registration) is exceedingly rare. However, the *perception* is that huge amounts must exist requiring extraordinary measures to combat it
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use expanded database for potential voter roll purges www.nbcnews.com/now/video/su...
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use expanded database for potential voter roll purges
The Supreme Court permitted the Trump administration to use an expanded database which contains citizenship information, as Trump encourages states to purge voter rolls. Critics have said the data is ...
www.nbcnews.com
September 25, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use expanded database for potential voter roll purges www.nbcnews.com/now/video/su...
by Kate Starbird Reposted by Greg Linden
This is... troubling. SCOTUS is allowing the Trump administration to use an error-ridden tool that relies on inaccurate data. This tool has already led to false allegations of non-citizen voting. Now, it could "accidentally" remove legal voters from the rolls, causing real disenfranchisement.
Thanks to SCOTUS GOP-appointed majority (same ones who attended Trump's state dinner last night), Trump admin will use faulty & inaccurate data to wrongly label eligible voters non-citizens & pressure states to remove them from rolls. Sets a chilling precedent www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Supreme Court allows Trump to use flawed database to vet voter citizenship
While the impact on the midterms might be minimal, Justice Jackson warns some eligible voters could be disenfranchised.
www.motherjones.com
September 25, 2026 at 5:34 PM
This is... troubling. SCOTUS is allowing the Trump administration to use an error-ridden tool that relies on inaccurate data. This tool has already led to false allegations of non-citizen voting. Now, it could "accidentally" remove legal voters from the rolls, causing real disenfranchisement.
Reposted by Dana R. Fisher, Kate Starbird, Greg Linden
Thanks to SCOTUS GOP-appointed majority (same ones who attended Trump's state dinner last night), Trump admin will use faulty & inaccurate data to wrongly label eligible voters non-citizens & pressure states to remove them from rolls. Sets a chilling precedent www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Supreme Court allows Trump to use flawed database to vet voter citizenship
While the impact on the midterms might be minimal, Justice Jackson warns some eligible voters could be disenfranchised.
www.motherjones.com
September 25, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Thanks to SCOTUS GOP-appointed majority (same ones who attended Trump's state dinner last night), Trump admin will use faulty & inaccurate data to wrongly label eligible voters non-citizens & pressure states to remove them from rolls. Sets a chilling precedent www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here’s How Trump Is Building a National Citizenship Database to Check Voters www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
Here’s How Trump Is Building a National Citizenship Database to Check Voters
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to deploy a system that merges personal data from across the government. Questions remain about its reliability.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Here’s How Trump Is Building a National Citizenship Database to Check Voters www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
Reposted by Nathan P. Kalmoe
US Supreme Court lets Trump deploy voter database ahead of midterms ft.trib.al/VCbcpXj
US Supreme Court lets Trump deploy voter database ahead of midterms
Ruling boosts the president’s efforts to overhaul election rules before the November vote
ft.trib.al
September 25, 2026 at 4:33 PM
US Supreme Court lets Trump deploy voter database ahead of midterms ft.trib.al/VCbcpXj
The U.S. Supreme Court could have been a reasoned voice elevating fact over politically motivated hysterics but they are participants in the fake siren of vote fraud to make voting more burdensome for their undesirables
September 25, 2026 at 5:45 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court could have been a reasoned voice elevating fact over politically motivated hysterics but they are participants in the fake siren of vote fraud to make voting more burdensome for their undesirables
This is terrible and must be undone. But unlikely once in existence.
🚨BREAKING: In a dangerous decision for voters, the Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to overhaul a federal immigration database into a vast, centralized and deeply flawed database of personal information to initiate registration purges. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court revives DHS use of flawed immigration database for voter purges
The decision lets the administration move forward with a key provision of President Trump’s first anti-voting executive order.
www.democracydocket.com
September 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM
This is terrible and must be undone. But unlikely once in existence.
Supreme Court Allows Expansive Federal Database for Voter Screening
Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
Supreme Court Allows Use of Trump Administration’s Expansive Database for Voter Screening (Gift Article)
Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Supreme Court Allows Expansive Federal Database for Voter Screening
Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
Bush v. Gore on steriods
🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data.
The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
September 25, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Bush v. Gore on steriods
Reposted by Henry Jones, Rosemary A. Joyce
BREAKING: SCOTUS allows DHS to use its Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database with Social Security info, staying a district court order that had vacated the new policy.
Justice Jackson dissents for the three Dem appointees.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Justice Jackson dissents for the three Dem appointees.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
September 25, 2026 at 3:40 PM
BREAKING: SCOTUS allows DHS to use its Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database with Social Security info, staying a district court order that had vacated the new policy.
Justice Jackson dissents for the three Dem appointees.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Justice Jackson dissents for the three Dem appointees.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Another good article on this from Kate Riga at TPM, with a note that the Trump administration is limited in how it can use this in this cycle, because it comes with a "90-day period in which states are prohibited from systematically purging voters from their rolls." bsky.app/profile/josh...
Kate has good details here about the corrupt Court's latest outrageous decision. But also what it does and what it doesn't. states can only use this in a pretty limited way for the next 90 days. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...
Supreme Court Lets Trump Use Beefed-Up Citizenship Verification System That Could Hurt Eligible Voters
The Supreme Court on Friday let the Trump administration use its newly-expanded...
talkingpointsmemo.com
September 25, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Another good article on this from Kate Riga at TPM, with a note that the Trump administration is limited in how it can use this in this cycle, because it comes with a "90-day period in which states are prohibited from systematically purging voters from their rolls." bsky.app/profile/josh...