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Supreme Court lets Trump administration use SAVE database for now

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Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday sided with the Trump administration in its push to use a controversial database to review state voter rolls for potential noncitizens, pausing for now a lower court order that found that expanded system violated federal privacy laws.

U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan found that the Trump administration "knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote" through the overhauled SAVE system.

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