Department of Homeland Security v. League of Women Voters · ¶50

Next, in balancing the equities, the majority only looks at one side of the scale—the judicial equivalent of expecting a seesaw with weight applied on only one side to work properly. In the per curiam’s view, the sole harm here is that the District Court’s order “inhibits the Federal Government’s efforts to assist state and local agencies in the proper administration of the midterm elections.” Ante, at 6. As a threshold matter, this overvalues the harm to the Government, since States cannot use SAVE to systematically strike people from the voter rolls within 90 days of an election in any event. See 52 U. S. C. §20507(c)(2)(A); see also No. 26–5243 (CADC, Sept. 4, 2026), App. 131a. It is hard to see how the Government is harmed pending the completion of the court proceedings below when SAVE’s application to the upcoming elections will already be limited.

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