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Supreme Court Lets DHS Resume Revamped SAVE Voter Citizenship Checks in 6-3 Order

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of an archival 2007 head-on view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington at dusk, its carved marble pediment, tall Corinthian columns and lit portico above the wide front steps flanked by two seated marble statues; institutional context for the Court's September 25, 2026 order, not the order itself, rendered in warm ochre and slate-blue pastel strokes.

The U.S. Supreme Court on September 25 paused a June 22 federal district court order that had set aside the Department of Homeland Security's modified SAVE program, letting states again check voters' citizenship against Social Security Administration records and run bulk searches. The unsigned order said the League of Women Voters, its affiliates and the Electronic Privacy Information Center likely have standing but that their claims likely lack merit. It said the lower court's order inhibited federal help to state and local agencies administering the midterm elections. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. The stay lasts while the appeal and any certiorari petition are pending.

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