{"id":2655984,"date":"2026-09-08T13:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-asks-supreme-court-to-unblock-save-database\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T13:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:41:07","slug":"doj-asks-supreme-court-to-unblock-save-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-asks-supreme-court-to-unblock-save-database\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ asks Supreme Court to unblock SAVE database"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-asks-supreme-court-to-unblock-save-database%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2655984&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the Trump administration&#8217;s legal efforts to have the Supreme Court lift a lower court&#8217;s order that prevents the implementation of a voter verification system. This system aims to link Social Security information with citizenship records to verify individuals&#8217; citizenship status more efficiently. The goverment modified the existing Systematic Alien Verification for entitlements (SAVE) database to enhance speed and accuracy, but this change faced lawsuits from privacy advocates who claimed it violated legal protections. A federal judge ruled against the government, a decision upheld by an appeals court. The Solicitor General argued that the lower court&#8217;s order unjustly limits federal authority and could impact upcoming elections. Additionally,the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-california-bill-could-completely-disqualify-former-ice-agents-from-public-employment\/\" title=\"New California Bill Could Completely Disqualify Former ICE Agents from Public Employment\">article includes promotional content<\/a> for the Washington Examiner,highlighting subscription options and urging readers to stay informed with thier coverage and analysis.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Trump administration asked the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/supreme-court\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/supreme-court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a> on Tuesday to lift a lower court order barring the implementation of a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voter-id\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"162\">voter verification<\/a> system that would combine\u00a0Social Security\u00a0information with citizenship records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The administration modified the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/save.uscis.gov\/save\/app\/client\/ui\/case-check\">Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements<\/a> database last year to combine citizenship and Social Security records to improve the speed and reliability of verifying a person\u2019s citizenship status. The change was met with lawsuits from left-wing groups that argued it violated privacy laws, among other federal statutes. A federal district judge <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4619779\/judge-blocks-voter-database-social-security-citizenship-records\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4619779\/judge-blocks-voter-database-social-security-citizenship-records\/\">ruled in favor of the groups<\/a> suing the administration in June, a ruling that a federal appeals court panel affirmed last week. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that the high court should halt the \u201cindefensible order,\u201d which he claims \u201cthreatens the integrity of upcoming elections\u201d by unlawfully limiting the federal government\u2019s authority to use <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-security\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"796\">Social Security<\/a> data.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<style>.explore-more-section { background: var(--wex-bg); border-top: 1px solid #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff; margin: 24px 0; margin-top: -20px; }<\/style>\n<style id=\"mos-604cc23a-dfa2-44a5-a030-e70edaf3b40e-style\">@scope (#mos-604cc23a-dfa2-44a5-a030-e70edaf3b40e) { .we-meter {   --we-red: #DB3745;   --we-charcoal: #323E48;   --we-blue: #15BEF0;   --we-slate: #85A0AB;   --we-gold: #ECC270;   --we-text: #323E48;   --we-border: #85A0AB;    max-width: 800px;   margin: 0 auto;   padding: 1.5rem; 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