States vow to fight Trump after Supreme Court ruling on mail-in voting restrictions

“States control elections, not the president," one attorney general said.

The Supreme Court has opened the door for the possible implementation of Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting.

The U.S. president's Republican Party is locked in a tight battle to retain control of Congress in November's midterm elections.

Aug 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted one court order blocking President Donald Trump's administration from implementing an executive order restricting the use of mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterm elections.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority didn't decide the legality of Trump's order, instead ruling that states who sued did not have the legal right to challenge it.

In a future writing, I propose a mechanism whereby six Justices can force the release of any pending case.

The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump’s order that creates “state citizenship lists” and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.

The Republican president signed an order in March seeking to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections. A district court blocked its implementation but the Supreme Court on Monday lifted the judge's stay, allowing parts of Trump's directive to go ahead for now.

The Republican president signed an order in March seeking to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections. A district court blocked its implementation but the Supreme Court on Monday lifted the judge's stay, allowing parts of Trump's directive to go ahead for now.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court opened a path Monday for possible implementation of President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much can be put in place before the fast-approaching midterm elections.

Arizona AG rips Supreme Court decision to allow Trump plan to restrict mail-in voting: 'We will fight this!'  CNN

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Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court’s junior liberal justice, excoriated her colleagues for lifting a block on President Trump’s mail-in voting executive order on Monday, saying it “needlessly injects chaos” into this year’s elections.  “It also lets another shoe drop in the Kafkaesque nightmare that our precedent

The decision was 6-3, with the court's liberal justices dissenting.

The Supreme Court ruling comes as President Trump is amping up economic pressure on the Iranian regime. NBC News’ Garrett Haake reports.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Monday in a case over President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much can be implemented before the fast-approaching midterm elections. The decision leaves room for additional court challenges

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that President Donald Trump can begin implementing measures from an executive order to restrict mail-in voting.

Trump's executive order, issued in March, directed the Department of Homeland Security to compile and ​transmit to the states a list of US citizens eligible to vote in each state.

Mail balloting has long been a favourite target of US President Donald Trump.

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Trump's executive order targeting mail-in voting to take effect while legal challenges play out. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson breaks down the procedural decision.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson slammed the Supreme Court’s Monday shadow-docket decision to greenlight Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting ahead of this year’s midterm elections. While the decision does not necessarily mean mail-in voting will be overhauled, it nevertheless removes a

It's not yet clear how this will affect the midterms News Editor Published August 24, 2026 6:18PM (EDT) A Trump executive order to limit mail-in ballots just hit a roadblock as a federal court ruled against the administration to enforce the order. But there's still four months until the midterms. (Ronaldo Bolaños / Get

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Justices lift decision to block president’s order to restrict eligibility to a new federal list of voters

Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms  Toronto Star

US Supreme Court hands a win to Trump over mail-in ballot restrictions  Reuters

The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for US President Donald Trump to move ahead with his executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much his administration can implement before the fast-approaching midterm elections. The decision appears to leave room for additional court challeng

The Supreme Court is siding with the Trump administration in a case over President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much can be implemented before the fast-approaching midterm elections

Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms  AP News

California and other blue states had warned of “extreme” consequences if the high court approved Trump’s suppressive voting measures ahead of the midterms.

It remains unclear how much the administration can implement before the fast-approaching midterm elections

Mail balloting has long been a favorite target for the president, who has claimed that it breeds fraud despite strong evidence to the contrary and his own use of the voting method.

The Supreme Court’s order clears the Trump administration to immediately enforce revised mail-ballot restrictions in 23 states ahead of November’s midterms.

Aug 24 - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted a judicial decision blocking President Donald Trump's administration from implementing his executive order to restrict the use of mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterm elections that will decide control of Congress — though another remains.

The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to move ahead with his executive order restricting mail-in voting.

Election officials warned of ‘chaos’ if Trump’s sweeping order is allowed to go into effect with just weeks before Election Day

The U.S. Postal Service laid out how it would implement the order last week, but time is running short to impose major changes with some states beginning to send mail ballots to voters in just a few weeks.

The decision appears to leave room for additional court challenges, but time is running short to impose major changes with some states preparing to send mail ballots to voters.

Supreme Court Sides With Trump Admin On Mail Voting Restrictions Ahead Of Midterms  HuffPost

The Supreme Court paused a lower court's ruling that blocked key parts of Trump's order to limit voting by mail for the midterms. But U.S. Postal Service work on the order remains blocked nationwide.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to begin enforcing parts of an executive order aimed at restricting mail-in voting ahead of the midterm elections. In an unsigned order, a majority of the justices agreed to pause a lower-court ruling by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Bo

The US Postal Service finalized a rule that would add extra hurdles to mail-in voting, pressing ahead with one of President Donald Trump’s priorities even as court orders keep the push on hold.