Judge Blocks Trump Mail-Ballot Order, Calls Out DOJ’s “Cynical” Attempt to Misread Supreme Court Ruling

Jurisprudence Aug 31, 20265:02 PM The danger remains. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Joe Raedle/Getty Images and Andrew Harnik/Getty Images. Sign up for Executive Dysfunction, a weekly newsletter that highlights one under-the-radar story about how Trump is changing the law—or how the law is pushing back—and keeps you posted on the latest from Slate’s Jurisprudence team. The Trump administration won a victory at the Supreme Court last Monday in its campaign to overhaul mail voting before the midterms. By Thursday, though, much of the plan was blocked again. The speed of that reversal makes it tempting to see the latest ruling as a district judge thumbing her nose at the high court. But Judge Indira Talwani took the justices at their word. The legal dispute began with President Donal