By John Kruzel

WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The US Supreme Court revived on Friday an expanded immigration database that President Donald Trump's administration said aims to combat voting by noncitizens but critics contend could disenfranchise eligible voters.

The justices granted the Justice Department's request to block a judge's order that had stopped state officials ‌from using Social Security numbers and other information to conduct sweeping checks of the citizenship status of registered voters against federal records.

The court has a 6-3 conservative majority. ‌Its three liberal justices dissented from Friday's order.

The majority said the plaintiffs' arguments likely fail because federal law expressly authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to request and receive information relating to citizenship and immigration status from other agencies, ​including the Social Securi...