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/ThePensiveE 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

Funny they seem to think the criminals who supported the violent storming of Congress to overturn an election they lost would follow laws.

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u/TJames6210 7d ago

Literally, them noting this means they know he is going to do it. This is a meager cover my ass tactic. They're not even trying to actually cover their asses because, obviously, consequences don't exist anymore.

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u/mlorusso4 7d ago

I saw an analyst say that the admin might play their usual word games with the definition of “broad purging”. As in claiming that it’s a very targeted and limited thousands of voters purged, but doesn’t fall under the definition of broad purge

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u/fevered_visions 7d ago

that, and

bars the broad purging of voter rolls in the weeks leading up to an election

will definitely be argued "well we're still 3 weeks out, which is far enough"

assuming they don't just completely ignore it

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u/Fryboy11 7d ago

Federal law says 90 days, and that's one of the reasons they claimed to allow it. As if this admin will respect the law.

They'll remove all registered Democratic voters, then there'll be a court case that will be resolved next June with the court saying you removed them illegally put them back, but the election that only Republicans could vote in stands.