Privacy Litigation Over DHS SAVE Voter Citizenship Database Reaches Supreme Court
PRIVACYDepartment of Homeland Securityredteam/daily · 1 source
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EPIC, with the League of Women Voters and others, challenges DHS's expansion of the SAVE system and DOJ demands for unredacted voter rolls under the Privacy Act of 1974. Judge Sooknanan (D.D.C.) granted summary judgment to EPIC on 22 June 2026 and vacated the proposal, after which DHS disabled bulk uploads and Social Security number searches. The DC Circuit denied a stay, but the Supreme Court issued a per curiam stay with Jackson, Sotomayor and Kagan dissenting, citing IIRIRA. The article notes the NVRA 90-day quiet period as a limit on the stay's impact. No specific defender actions are stated.
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