US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan ruled the policy broke the Privacy Act and exceeded federal authority, since Congress left voter-roll upkeep to the states. The Supreme Court temporarily set aside her earlier June ruling against the administration.
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The Supreme Court temporarily set aside Sooknanan's earlier June ruling against the administration.
The only specific source on the Supreme Court action is an X post by @MichaelARothman. None of the cited outlets or court documents confirm the procedural history, and the story does not attribute it.
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About 18 states had already handed their voter files to DOJ.
This is an approximate count stated without attribution in the story. The SOURCES list has no tally document, and one source says the filings do not clarify what happened to the supplied data.
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Common Cause sued after DOJ requested state voter data in May.
It is plausibly covered by the wire and outlet reports, but the story does not attribute it, and no listed source title specifically supports the plaintiff or the May date.