Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use expanded SAVE database for voter citizenship verification

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on September 25, 2026, to stay a lower court injunction that had blocked the Trump administration's expanded Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database from being used by states to verify voter citizenship. The majority found the government likely to prevail on the merits, citing the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. The three liberal justices dissented, warning the system could disenfranchise eligible voters.