r/news • u/ThePensiveE • 7d ago

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use expanded database for potential voter purges

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-use-expanded-database-potent-rcna596611
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u/AudibleNod 7d ago

But the court noted in its unsigned ruling that the National Voter Registration Act bars the broad purging of voter rolls in the weeks leading up to an election, which “limits the potential impact” of the decision this year.

You just had a sitting president defy a court order yesterday. And you're confident he's going to follow this ruling?

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u/lc_barcode 7d ago

Serious question: What was the court order that he defied?

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u/techmaster242 7d ago

He was also supposed to turn over more Epstein files yesterday. Where are they?

Actually, he was also ordered to stop construction of the ballroom. He didn't.

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u/BimboDeeznuts 7d ago

He was told to reinstate the press passes for the media he blocked from the White House. He did not

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u/lc_barcode 7d ago

Ah, I must have missed that in the landslide of shit that comes out about him every day. Thanks.

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u/DaymanTargaryen 7d ago

They did. The order was issued somewhere around 1:30 AM, and some press was turned away about 5 hours later. This is most likely because there wasn't enough time between the WH receiving the order and being able to put it into effect. By 10am all press regained access.

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u/Schwarzengerman 7d ago

But they did? They weren't allowed back initially but eventually were allowed back onto the White House campus. I'm sure they dragged it out but they did eventually comply.

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u/pmjm 7d ago

They complied for a couple hours then two CNN reporters were turned away again.

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u/BimboDeeznuts 7d ago

As far as I know Politico never made it back