⚖️ 🇺🇸 🗳 The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume its expanded voter citizenship verification program, which lets states use Social Security records to check voters' citizenship. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson dissented.

The Court found that a 1996 federal law likely authorizes DHS to obtain citizenship information from other agencies despite federal privacy restrictions. It also found that the lower court's ruling interfered with lawful individualized voter checks ahead of the midterms.

Justice Jackson argues that the 1996 law does not override federal privacy protections. She warned that outdated Social Security records could cause eligible voters, particularly recently naturalized citizens, to lose their registrations or face additional requirements.

Read the ruling here:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a308_pok0.pdf

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