Supreme Court is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Since the first thread appeared at Nov 2, 20:05 UTC, we have counted 7 threads about it in 2 communities, led by r/politics and r/news. Together they have drawn about 5.3K upvotes and 253 comments. It is also a rising Google search (“trump” in Google Trends for GB).
What the sources report
Here is how the outlets linked in these threads describe what happened, word for word.
- NBC News: Supreme Court quickly rejects Trump effort to target alleged noncitizen voters in California
The Trump administration alleges about 20,000 noncitizens may be registered to vote in the state, an assertion local officials dispute.
- CNBC: Supreme Court rejects DOJ's bid to block California from counting disputed ballots
The Department of Justice's request to the Supreme Court in the California case came as it appeals dismissal of a lawsuit over Alaska's Senate election.
- CNN: Supreme Court rejects Trump’s attempt to segregate ballots in California | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Monday quickly shut down President Donald Trump’s effort to force California to sideline potentially thousands of ballots that the Justice Department claims may have been cast by noncitizens, rejecting the administration’s emergency request hours after it was filed.
- Los Angeles Times: Supreme Court rejects Trump administration's bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots
The appeal by the Trump administration came just before the midterm election, and after federal judges rejected the bid to set aside the 20,000 California ballots.
- BBC News: US midterms 2026 live: Final day of campaigning - follow latest
Americans will decide on Tuesday which party controls Congress for the rest of Donald Trump's presidency.
- The Guardian: Supreme court rules against Trump over bid to force California to set aside ballots
Justice department had ordered state to segregate and not count 20,000 ballots from people it claims are non-citizens
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/politics | 6 | 3,241 | 207 | Nov 2, 20:05 UTC |
| r/news | 1 | 2,066 | 46 | Nov 2, 22:57 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Supreme Court quickly rejects Trump effort to target alleged noncitizen voters in Californiar/news · 2,066 upvotes · 46 comments · Nov 2, 22:57 UTC · NBC News
- Supreme Court quickly rejects Trump effort to target alleged noncitizen voters in Californiar/politics · 1,550 upvotes · 67 comments · Nov 2, 22:54 UTC · NBC News
- Supreme Court rejects Trump attempt to set aside some CA ballotsr/politics · 736 upvotes · 45 comments · Nov 2, 23:18 UTC · usatoday.com
- Supreme Court rejects DOJ’s bid to block California from counting disputed ballotsr/politics · 423 upvotes · 9 comments · Nov 2, 23:04 UTC · CNBC
- Supreme Court rejects DOJ bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots from suspected noncitizensr/politics · 183 upvotes · 44 comments · Nov 2, 23:49 UTC · washingtonexaminer.com
- Trump lawyers ask Supreme Court to set aside 20,000 California ballotsr/politics · 151 upvotes · 37 comments · Nov 2, 20:05 UTC · latimes.com
- Supreme Court rejects Trump’s attempt to segregate ballots in Californiar/politics · 198 upvotes · 5 comments · Nov 2, 23:03 UTC · CNN
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/politics: “Trump lawyers ask Supreme Court to set aside 20,000 California ballots”
- First link to NBC News shared, in r/politics.
- The story reaches r/news: “Supreme Court quickly rejects Trump effort to target alleged noncitizen voters in California”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/news (2,066 upvotes, 46 comments by our last count).
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/politics.
How this page is made
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