SCOTUS reinstates Trump's voter citizenship verification rules

The Supreme Court on Friday reinstated President Donald Trump's voter citizenship verification rules.

In 2025, Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to permit state and local officials to verify the citizenship of persons registering to vote.

After the DHS expanded Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program, a coalition of voter advocacy groups sued, arguing the use of Security Security numbers would cause confidentiality problems. 

The Friday order granted a stay on the lower court's injunction of the policy. But the stay is only provisional and could become moot if the Supreme Court declines to hear the matter in full.

The court did note, however, that the impact of the stay would likely be limited in the short term, since federal law bars the clearing of voter rolls close to an election.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent for Just the News. Follow him on X.