Justice Jackson Warns Supreme Court Favoring Trump Admin Over Voters
Summary
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the Supreme Court misused its power by favoring the Trump administration over voters. The court allowed the use of Social Security information in a system to check voter eligibility before the upcoming midterm elections, despite concerns about outdated data.Key Facts
- The Supreme Court lifted a ban on using Social Security data in the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system.
- This ruling supports the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to verify voter eligibility.
- A lower court had blocked this system due to worries that Social Security citizenship data is often outdated.
- The decision comes less than 90 days before the midterm elections, too late to remove registered voters from rolls.
- Justice Jackson disagreed with the ruling and wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by two other justices.
- Jackson warned the court acted without a full hearing and described the majority’s reasoning as careless.
- She argued that risking wrongful harm to lawful voters is worse than the government's claimed harm.
- The ruling was made without naming the justices in the majority.
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