The U.S. Supreme Court gives Donald Trump a victory in verifying voters' citizenship ahead of the November legislative elections

The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a victory on Friday, allowing the administration to use a federal database to verify voters’ U.S. citizenship. The decision concerns the midterm legislative elections scheduled for November, when the entire House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate will be up for election.

The database was created by the Department of Homeland Security under an executive order signed by Trump last year. It cross-references voter information with Social Security records to verify whether people registered on the rolls are U.S. citizens and eligible to vote.

Lower courts had blocked the measure, but the Supreme Court upheld it. The decision represents a political victory for Trump in his campaign against alleged election fraud, but its impact on the election is considered less significant than that of another recent ruling. Last week, the same court rejected the president’s attempt to impose stricter restrictions on voting by mail.

Trump has challenged the way elections are conducted for years, after losing the 2020 presidential election to Democrat Joe Biden. The president fears that Republicans could lose their slim majority in Congress in the November elections.