Supreme Court Allows Trump to Pursue Mail Voting Limits, for Now

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

The Supreme Court lifted a judge’s block on President Trump’s executive order adding to mail voting requirements, removing a key roadblock that prevented the policy from going into effect for the midterms. Over the public dissents of three liberal justices, the high court said on Monday that the judge had no authority

Justices’ ruling comes after lower courts had blocked president’s election order ahead of November midterms Donald Trump’s administration can proceed with a nationwide crackdown on mail-in voting, the US supreme court has ruled, approving its emergency appeal. It remains unclear, however, how his administration can imp

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for 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 unsigned order lifted an injunction covering 23 states and Washington, D.C.; the court’s three liberal justices dissented.

Supreme Court Clears The Way For Trump Move To Restrict Mail-In Voting  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.