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🧵The DOJ’s latest attack on voting rights could make it much easier to purge voters close to an election — and the Supreme Court might have the final say. Here's what you need to know👇

(3/8) WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW? In a new filing, the DOJ argues that the quiet period only protects against systematic voter purges. It does not block states from removing voters on an individualized basis if they’ve been flagged as ineligible by the federal government.

(4/8) Voting rights advocates are concerned that the DOJ’s theory could let federal officials and anti-voting groups do the list-building work first, then pressure states to carry out the removals individually. The Supreme Court could take up the issue next term.

(5/8) SCOTUS could also take on another lawsuit where Republicans are attempting to litigate a loophole into the law by interpreting the NVRA’s quiet period as allowing noncitizens to be systematically removed during those 90 days.