President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to restore access to an immigration voter database with just weeks until the midterm elections.
It is the latest in a flurry of election related cases Trump has punted to the high court for last-minute intervention.
Solicitor General John Sauer asked the justices to halt a lower court’s June ruling that blocked the Trump administration’s access to the DHS database – dubbed the ‘Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements,’ or SAVE – used to verify individuals immigration status.
Sauer assailed the lower court’s ruling as ‘indefensible’ and one that threatened the security of the looming midterm elections, which are
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