特朗普和官员声称，该数据库旨在防止非公民投票，但批评者称，它可能剥夺符合资格选民的投票权。
美国最高法院解除了对一个有争议的联邦选民数据库的限制，此前唐纳德·特朗普寻求在11月中期选举前实施更严格的投票规定。
Trump and officials claimed database combats noncitizen voting but critics said it could disenfranchise eligible voters The US supreme court has lifted restrictions on a controversial federal database of voters as Donald Trump seeks to impose tougher restrictions on voting ahead of November’s midterm elections.
首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨代表法院于周五发布的裁决，暂时搁置了美国地区法官斯帕克尔·L·苏克南南（Sparkle L. Sooknanan）于6月22日作出的一项禁令。
The ruling issued Friday by the chief justice, John Roberts, in the name of the court temporarily sets aside an injunction issued by US district judge Sparkle L Sooknanan, who ruled on 22 June against the Trump administration’s plan to use the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements – Save – database to vet voter registration eligibility.
她当时裁定不支持特朗普政府使用“系统化外国人资格验证（SAVE）”数据库核查选民登记资格的方案。随后，联邦上诉法院拒绝中止该裁决的效力。
A federal appeals court later declined to pause that ruling.