{"id":2601,"date":"2026-08-24T22:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T22:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2601"},"modified":"2026-08-24T22:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T22:39:18","slug":"supreme-court-makes-decision-in-mail-in-ballot-fight-ahead-of-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2601","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Makes Decision In Mail-In Ballot Fight Ahead Of Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2599\">Hasan Piker Delivers Ominous Warning To Pro-Israel Jews<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>In an<\/span><span>, a majority of the justices agreed to pause a lower-court ruling by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston that blocked the Trump administration from carrying out portions of a March executive. Monday\u2019s order allows the Department of Homeland Security to move forward with creating lists of residents eligible to vote in 23 Democratic-led states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Monday\u2019s decision is an interim victory for Trump but does not resolve the order\u2019s underlying legality,<\/span> <span>CNBC reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A majority of the court agreed with the Trump administration that Talwani, an Obama appointee, exceeded her authority by blocking the order\u2019s implementation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Court\u2019s disposition of this application does not mean that any measure taken by the Government to implement the Order will necessarily be lawful. On that score, time will tell,\u201d the court wrote. \u201cBut the Order itself does not harm the States, so the District Court lacked jurisdiction to bar the Government from trying to implement it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2598\">WNBA Player Makes Transgender Pledge After Enes Kanter Freedom Confrontation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>A separate injunction Talwani issued on Aug. 11 still bars the Postal Service from implementing the procedural changes ahead of the Nov. 3 elections, meaning the administration would also need to seek emergency relief to overcome that order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In March, Trump signed an<\/span> <span>executive order<\/span><span> directing the U.S. Postal Service to create a national voter list to help the agency determine who can receive a mail ballot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last Friday, the<\/span><span> for mail-in ballots used in federal elections, requiring states to submit voter and ballot-tracking information through a new federal portal before ballots can enter the mailstream. Under the policy, states that do not comply could have their ballots<\/span> <span>rejected for delivery<\/span><span> by the USPS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson blasted the court\u2019s order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is not a close call. The Government suffers no harm from an injunction limiting unlawful actions, much less \u2018hypothetical\u2019 and \u2018speculative\u2019 acts that the Government says it was not even sure it would take,\u201d Jackson wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2597\">Immigrants Sue Mamdani Over \u2018Disastrous\u2019 Government-Owned Grocery Store Plan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span>This is a developing story. Stay with The Daily Wire for updates.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 Boston that blocked the Trump administration from carrying out portions of a March executive. Monday\u2019s order allows the Department of Homeland Security to move forward with creating lists of residents eligible to vote in 23 Democratic-led states.Monday\u2019s decision is an interim victory for Trump but does not resolve the order\u2019s underlying legality, CNBC reported.A majority of the court agreed with the Trump administration that Talwani, an Obama appointee, exceeded her authority by blocking the order\u2019s implementation.\u201cThe Court\u2019s disposition of this application does not mean that any measure taken by the Government to implement the Order will necessarily be lawful. On that score, time will tell,\u201d the court wrote. \u201cBut the Order itself does not harm the States, so the District Court lacked jurisdiction to bar the Government from trying to implement it.\u201dA separate injunction Talwani issued on Aug. 11 still bars the Postal Service from implementing the procedural changes ahead of the Nov. 3 elections, meaning the administration would also need to seek emergency relief to overcome that order.In March, Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. Postal Service to create a national voter list to help the agency determine who can receive a mail ballot.\u00a0Last Friday, the USPS adopted new standards for mail-in ballots used in federal elections, requiring states to submit voter and ballot-tracking information through a new federal portal before ballots can enter the mailstream. Under the policy, states that do not comply could have their ballots rejected for delivery by the USPS.Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson blasted the court\u2019s order.\u201cThis is not a close call. The Government suffers no harm from an injunction limiting unlawful actions, much less \u2018hypothetical\u2019 and \u2018speculative\u2019 acts that the Government says it was not even sure it would take,\u201d Jackson wrote.This is a developing story. Stay with The Daily Wire for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Supreme Court Makes Decision In Mail-In Ballot Fight Ahead Of Midterms - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2601\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Supreme Court Makes Decision In Mail-In Ballot Fight Ahead Of Midterms - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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 Boston that blocked the Trump administration from carrying out portions of a March executive. Monday\u2019s order allows the Department of Homeland Security to move forward with creating lists of residents eligible to vote in 23 Democratic-led states.Monday\u2019s decision is an interim victory for Trump but does not resolve the order\u2019s underlying legality, CNBC reported.A majority of the court agreed with the Trump administration that Talwani, an Obama appointee, exceeded her authority by blocking the order\u2019s implementation.\u201cThe Court\u2019s disposition of this application does not mean that any measure taken by the Government to implement the Order will necessarily be lawful. On that score, time will tell,\u201d the court wrote. \u201cBut the Order itself does not harm the States, so the District Court lacked jurisdiction to bar the Government from trying to implement it.\u201dA separate injunction Talwani issued on Aug. 11 still bars the Postal Service from implementing the procedural changes ahead of the Nov. 3 elections, meaning the administration would also need to seek emergency relief to overcome that order.In March, Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. Postal Service to create a national voter list to help the agency determine who can receive a mail ballot.\u00a0Last Friday, the USPS adopted new standards for mail-in ballots used in federal elections, requiring states to submit voter and ballot-tracking information through a new federal portal before ballots can enter the mailstream. Under the policy, states that do not comply could have their ballots rejected for delivery by the USPS.Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson blasted the court\u2019s order.\u201cThis is not a close call. The Government suffers no harm from an injunction limiting unlawful actions, much less \u2018hypothetical\u2019 and \u2018speculative\u2019 acts that the Government says it was not even sure it would take,\u201d Jackson wrote.This is a developing story. 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