The bill likely won’t get far in a GOP-controlled Congress, but proponents described it as part of a broader effort to push back through constitutional institutions.

In a court filing, the groups argued court action was needed to prevent permanent privacy harm from the government’s “illegal and secretive consolidation of millions of Americans’…

Sen. Alex Padilla and other Democrats say the GOP is pressing inflated concerns about noncitizen voting to justify legal and legislative challenges to eligible voters. 

The lawmakers say the potential is high for such a system to return false positives, blocking citizens from voting.

Experts believe lawsuits are first steps in a larger plan by the White House to create new metrics that lend support to the president’s unproven claims that…