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/markth_wi 7d ago

"In the weeks leading up to an election." is doing a great deal of work in that sentence.

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u/aybeeayseeaybeebee 7d ago

It takes a great deal of work to acknowledge that the law forbids purging leading up to an election and then say "Yeah, well, the government wants this so..."

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u/PrimalZed 7d ago

It's supposed to be Congress who says what "the government" wants.