President Trump is asking the Supreme Court once again to restrict mail-in voting just ahead of the midterms. MS NOW Senior National Security Reporter David Rohde, former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori, Republican strategist Susan del Percio and Democratic strategist Joel Payne join Laura Barrón-López to discuss more.
The Trump administration is renewing its appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal judge blocked new restrictions on mail ballots ahead of the midterms.
Solicitor General D. John Sauer requested that the justices allow the administration to prevent the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from sending mail-in ballots to residents of states that have not provided a list of eligible voters based on U.S. citizenship information.
The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal judge blocked new restrictions on mail ballots ahead of the midterms.
The filing puts the legality of the president’s push to impose limits on mail voting squarely before the justices even as states begin sending out ballots.
We're in the home stretch of the midterms and President Trump is continuing his effort to restrict voting on multiple fronts while creating the possibility of chaos. Miles Taylor and Former Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) join The Weekend to weigh in.
Donald Trump’s push to restrict mail-in voting just months before the midterm elections isn’t just politically consequential, it’s logistically infeasible. This week, a federal whistleblower exposed the USPS’ new “rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed” ballot portal, a project reminiscent of previous federal tech implementation shortfallings. “The question is, is it malevolence, or is it incompetence?” said David Kligerman, the attorney representing the whistleblower.
The Supreme Court’s green light for Trump’s ballroom has emboldened the administration to start building Trump’s arch without approval from Congress.