India, Sept. 25 -- The US Supreme Court has permitted the Trump administration to deploy an enlarged citizenship verification database that federal district judge Sparkle Sooknanan had previously blocked, marking a significant expansion of federal authority over state voting procedures, according to multiple US-based reports.

Justice Brett Katsas issued an emergency order authorising the government to implement the revamped Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements database, which incorporates Social Security Administration records and immigration documentation alongside traditional citizenship verification information.

The US Justice Department argued in filings submitted on 8 September that Sooknanan's June order preventing the d...