WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday allowed some parts of a law requiring proof of citizenship to be enforced.

 The 5-4 order came after emergency appeal filed by state and national Republicans. It sought to give full effect to voting measures that were enacted after President Joe Biden won the state over Republican Donald Trump with less than 11,000 votes. The measures have drawn fierce opposition from voting rights advocates.

 The case could be one of multiple election disputes to come before the high court with the November election less than 90 days away.

 Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch would have allowed the law to be fully enforced. But Justice Amy Coney Barrett would have joined with the court’s three liberals in fully rejecting the push, the order states.

 The justices did not detail their reasoning in a brief order, as is typical in emergency appeals.

 Trump applauded the high court’s decision, saying the high court has “great courage in doing what they’re doing.”

 The Republican National Committee called the decision a win for election integrity.

 “This is a major victory for election integrity that upholds a simple principle: American elections must be decided by American citizens. While Democrats have worked to undermine basic election safeguards and make it easier for non-citizens to vote, we have fought tooth and nail to preserve citizenship requirements, see the law enforced, and secure our elections. The Supreme Court has sided with the RNC, and the American people, to protect the vote in November,” RNC Chairman Michael Whatley released in a statement.

The high court’s order allows the enforcement of restrictions that bar people from voting in state and local elections if they don’t provide proof of citizenship when they register while the legal fight continues in lower courts.

The High Court also rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the closely contested swing state.

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