Government can use Social Security data to identify noncitizen voters, Supreme Court rules

President Donald Trump wants to let states use a federal database that includes voters’ personal information to check for noncitizens on voter rolls. The Trump administration can use a wide-ranging government database that includes Social Security information to help state officials identify noncitizens on their voter lists, the Supreme Court said on Friday. The emergency ruling means the database will be accessible ahead of November’s midterm elections for states that want to use it. But the fight over the procedure’s legality will continue in the lower courts. In an unsigned opinion, the majority said the claims made by the voters...