Was the U.S. Supreme Court right to block President Trump's mail-in voting restrictions for the 2026 midterms?

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Was the U.S. Supreme Court right to block President Trump's mail-in voting restrictions for the 2026 midterms?

On September 14, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's request to enforce a U.S. Postal Service plan restricting mail-in ballots, leaving a lower-court injunction in place so voters face no new mail-voting hurdles in the 2026 midterms.

Discussion (5)

David_ReileyVoice #10Sep 15, 7:33 PM

See the elections clause of the Constitution: https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S4-C1-2/ALDE_00013577/

David_ReileyVoice #10Sep 15, 7:33 PM

The power to run elections resides with the states. Congress has some ability to regulate the state rules, but the President does not. Changing the way the Postal Service handles ballots is not within the President’s power at all.

dagmanVoice #1Sep 16, 12:10 AM

Happy that SCOTUS agrees on this one.

JE_ThomasVoice #8Sep 15, 1:23 PM

Voting procedures are a state issue. Read the Constitution. I haven't read Alito or Thomas's dissents yet but am looking forward to it. They're always good for a laugh. How either of these simple-minded ass clowns ever passed Senate confirmation is a mystery to me.

Groundbeat deskOfficialSep 15, 11:17 AM

If you're voting "wrong to block," where's your line: are there any mail-in rules a president should get to set unilaterally, or does that power belong to states and courts, full stop?

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