{"id":668759,"date":"2026-09-15T12:08:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=668759"},"modified":"2026-09-15T12:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:08:34","slug":"supreme-court-rejects-trumps-last-minute-bid-to-change-mail-voting-before-midterms-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=668759","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court rejects Trump\u2019s last-minute bid to change mail voting before midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The high court landed a blow on election integrity in 2026, while the dissent from one of their own reminded the jurists of their own \u201cHail Mary pass\u201d assertion on mail-in ballots.<\/p>\n

Lawfare once again scratched a tally in the win column for leftists Monday in the concerted effort to stop President Donald Trump\u2019s administration from curbing the known and documented issues with widespread mail-in balloting. Denying an application for stay in the case of U.S. Postal Service v. California\u00a0<\/em>on a 7-2 split<\/a>, the Supreme Court, at the very least, delayed implementation of the president\u2019s restrictions until after the midterms.<\/p>\n

Writing a concurrence for the brief denial from the court, Justice Brett Kavanaugh acknowledged, \u201cIn my view, based on the briefing the Court has received at this interim stage, there is at least a fair prospect that the final rule falls within the Postal Service\u2019s statutory authority.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut applying the rule in the 2026 elections would be arbitrary and capricious in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act because state and local election officials do not have sufficient time to reasonably implement the rule before the elections,\u201d he added to back his support for the stay.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court has refused to let USPS\u2019s new mail-ballot rules take effect for the 2026 midterms. Justices Alito and Thomas dissent. pic.twitter.com\/D27sx76txJ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) September 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Should Kavanaugh\u2019s ruling prove prescient, then the plaintiffs in the case \u2014 which include multiple states and activist organizations \u2014 succeeded in staving off Trump\u2019s action on mail-in ballots for the pivotal midterm elections, ordering the USPS to use a list of citizens kept by the Department of Homeland Security to verify distribution as a means to help prevent illegal voting.<\/p>\n

Joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Samuel Alito wrote the dissent, thoroughly backing his points that were summed up, \u201cSome of the plaintiffs lack standing, while the remainder are pursuing a claim that this Court has recently called a \u201dHail Mary pass\u2019 that \u2018rarely succeeds.\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Government has made the showings necessary for a stay, so I respectfully dissent,\u201d he went on.<\/p>\n

The latest in the fight on election integrity came less than three weeks after Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani followed the Supreme Court\u2019s lifting of a nationwide injunction against Trump\u2019s executive order with her own order in a companion case.<\/p>\n

Talwani enjoined<\/a> the USPS from \u201cinitiating \u2026 rulemaking\u201d on the executive order, claiming, \u201cPlaintiff States face irreparable harm where they are required to comply with a likely unconstitutional regulation for which compliance is practically impossible as to the 2026 midterm elections, now little more than two months away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Naturally, a victory lap ensued, which included elected officials from the states where mail-in ballots proved most concerning.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) expressed, \u201cI am thankful that SCOTUS saw Trump\u2019s executive order for what it was: a disgusting overreach from the federal government. By ruling against it, SCOTUS has effectively ruled in favor of American democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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PRESS RELEASE: Secretary Fontes responds to SCOTUS blocking new USPS rules for mail ballots pic.twitter.com\/BMDJg12Zk5<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Arizona Secretary of State (@AZSecretary) September 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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BREAKING: Supreme Court REJECTS Trump\u2019s effort to interfere with absentee ballots. pic.twitter.com\/HwcnYvTYF0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Senator Adam Schiff (@SenAdamSchiff) September 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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HUGE WIN: Democrats have successfully blocked Trump\u2019s illegal attack on mail-in ballots ahead of the midterms in court.<\/p>\n

With this ruling, states\u2014not the Trump administration\u2014will continue to decide who can vote by mail.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Democrats (@TheDemocrats) September 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

On the flip side, supporters of election integrity measures by the president viewed the latest action from the Supreme Court as evidence the majority doesn\u2019t \u201cwant us to have a country anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"\ud83d\udea8\" BREAKING: The US Supreme Court has BLOCKED President Trump\u2019s request to implement his new USPS restrictions on ballot mailing<\/p>\n

So basically, USPS will be FORCED to mail ballots to illegals and non-citizens.<\/p>\n

SCOTUS REALLY doesn\u2019t want us to have a country anymore.<\/p>\n

Alito and\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/nLpNFI0yhi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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SCOTUS just failed on election integrity again.<\/p>\n

Unverified mail-in ballots are the weakest point in the system. That is not a secret.<\/p>\n

USPS offered a fix. Elias and his lawfare shop stalled it for months. They ran out the clock, then the Court said the clock had run out.<\/p>\n

Leave\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/XwV6IxI7uf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Office of Congressman Abe Hamadeh (@RepAbeHamadeh) September 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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This disgusts me.<\/p>\n

NOTHING enjoys more support amongst the American electorate than voting integrity.<\/p>\n

NOTHING.<\/p>\n

But Congress and SCOTUS are determined to deny the will of the PEOPLE.<\/p>\n

DISGUSTING. \"\ud83d\ude21\" pic.twitter.com\/i94bWVrvxZ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) September 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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