SCOTUS lifts lower court's order that blocked mail-in-ballot restrictions, siding with President Trump
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Nick Sortor
MAJOR BREAKING: The US Supreme Court has sided with President Trump, LIFTING a lower court’s order that blocked President Trump’s mail-in ballot restrictions to go into effect
Trump’s order requires:
- Each USPS envelope to have a unique barcode with tracking
- DHS & SSA create approved voter list
- USPS ONLY sends ballots to that list
Trump is now allowed to move forward with this while the full case is heard.
SCOTUSblog Summary
The Supreme Court on Monday afternoon cleared the way for the Trump administration to begin implementing an executive order, signed by President Donald Trump earlier this year, that imposes restrictions on mail-in voting. The court paused an injunction by a federal judge in Boston that had barred the federal government from applying provisions of that executive order in the November elections to 23 states (along with the District of Columbia) challenging their legality.
A separate ruling by the same judge, in a case filed by a different set of plaintiffs, temporarily prohibits the U.S. Postal Service from implementing one provision of the executive order anywhere in the United States. That ruling remains in effect, at least for now.
In its 10-page, unsigned opinion, the majority said that it was too soon for courts to consider the states’ challenge because the order has not yet been carried out – which means that the states have not suffered the kind of injury that allows their lawsuit to move forward.
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