THEFEDERALIST (Breccan F. Thies) - Federal Judge Blocks USPS Election Integrity Measure Again Days After SCOTUS Stayed Her Injunction
The Massachusetts judge overlooked the fact that mail-in voting is the least secure method of voting.
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The Massachusetts judge overlooked the fact that mail-in voting is the least secure method of voting.
A federal judge in Boston has again blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with new mail-in voting restrictions ahead of the November midterms for at least another two weeks. Judge Indira Talwani ruled Thursday night that a group of blue states and private voting rights groups were likely to succeed in their claims that the U.S. Postal Service’s rule is unconstitutional, and that the agency lacked authority to issue it. Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6056457-judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-mail-restrictions/ #Trump #MailInVoting #Voting #Legal #Courts #SupremeCourt #Elections
‘The Final Rule is unconstitutional’
The ruling stalls the directive for a second time with only about a week before the first mail ballots are due to be sent out for midterm elections.
After reviewing the agency’s final plan to comply with President Trump’s demands, a federal judge barred the Postal Service from imposing new restrictions on mail-in voting.
‘Plaintiff Organizations are not likely to prevail’
A judge lifted a mail-in ballot preliminary injunction, which allows for President Trump's executive order to proceed. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) says he is "suing" the Trump administration to stop their "unconstitutional attempt to change" mail voting rules. MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter Lisa Rubin, MS NOW Senior White House Reporter Vaughn Hillyard and Hofstra University Law Professor James Sample join Katy Tur to discuss.
The president’s executive order is now in effect for the midterm elections, but the ruling leaves the door open to renewed challenges from rights groups.
On August 24, 2026, the Supreme Court issued an unsigned emergency order allowing the Trump administration to advance key parts of an executive order restricting mail-in voting. The ruling stayed in a lower-court injunction blocking implementation in 23 mostly Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia, clearing a path ahead of the November midterms. This […] The post SCOTUS Green-Lights Trump’s Crackdown on Mail-In Ballots for 2026 Midterms appeared first on StoneZone .
On August 24, 2026, the Supreme Court issued an unsigned emergency order allowing the Trump administration to advance key parts of an executive order restricting mail-in voting. The ruling stayed in a lower-court injunction blocking implementation in 23 mostly Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia, clearing a path ahead of the November midterms. This is a procedural win for the administration that lets preparatory work proceed while preserving future judicial review once concrete actions are taken. The stay applied only to the injunction in the states’ lawsuit; a separate nationwide injunction against certain USPS rulemaking, issued by the same judge in a different case, remains in force and was not lifted. President…Open
MS NOW Legal Affairs Reporter Fallon Gallagher explains what's next after the Supreme Court’s divided ruling backed the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the midterms.