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Supreme Court Refuses to Block Lower-Court Ruling Against Trump's Mail-in Ballot Executive Order

The decision was 7-2.

Ilya Somin | 9.14.2026 11:41 PM

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Earlier tonight, the Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling, refused to stay a lower-court decision blocking the Postal Service's policy implementing Donald Trump's executive order intended to curb mail-in voting. I have previously written about the First Circuit ruling in this case, and about how Trump's order is a blatant assault on federalism and separation of powers.

As is often the case with "shadow docket" decisions, the majority opinion offers almost no analysis. But they do state that "[t]he Government is........

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