New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- The US Supreme Court reinstated on Friday an expanded immigration database that President Donald Trump's administration said aims to combat voting by non-citizens. Critics, however, contend it could disenfranchise eligible voters.

According to Reuters, the justices granted the Justice Department's request to block a judge's order that had stopped state officials from using Social Security numbers and other information to conduct sweeping checks of citizenship status of registered voters against federal records.

The court has a 6-3 conservative majority. Its three liberal justices dissented from Friday's order.

The majority said the plaintiffs' arguments likely fail because federal law expressly authorises the Dep...