Politics
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow SAVE voter roll database
CBS News reports the administration requested emergency relief after lower courts blocked the voter citizenship verification system.
The short version
- The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to permit the use of the SAVE database to review state voter rolls for midterm elections.[CBS News]
- A federal judge previously ruled the database was unlawful and resulted in U.S. citizens being improperly removed from voter rolls.[CBS News]
- The emergency appeal follows a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that denied a request to stay the lower court's injunction.[CBS News]
- Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that the lower court ruling is indefensible and jeopardizes election integrity.[CBS News]
Key facts
- The Trump administration filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow the SAVE database to check state voter rolls ahead of midterm elections.[CBS News]
- U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan ruled in June that the administration acted unlawfully in creating the centralized database, finding some states used it to incorrectly remove U.S. citizens from voter rolls.[CBS News]
- The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump administration's motion to stay the district court's injunction over the weekend.[CBS News]
- Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued the district court ruling exceeded judicial authority, threatened election integrity, and claimed plaintiffs lacked legal standing.[CBS News]
What remains uncertain
- It remains unknown whether the Supreme Court will grant the stay in time for the upcoming midterm elections.[CBS News]
Sources
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