US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states

By: Jacob Fischler

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: September 15, 2026

Words: 848

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday kept in place a lower court’s order blocking President Donald Trump’s embattled plan to place new restrictions on mail ballots for this year’s midterm elections.

The unsigned, one-paragraph order upheld a Massachusetts federal court’s injunction on a U.S. Postal Service rule until after Nov. 3 and did not decide whether the rule itself was lawful. But a majority of the court said the Democratic state officials and voting rights …

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