As of September 3-4, 2026, the Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold new Postal Service restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of midterm elections. Federal judges blocked enforcement of the limits pending the Supreme Court's decision, with North Carolina already beginning to send ballots.
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The justices have been asked to weigh in again on the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict mail voting — this time on whether the plans violate the Constitution.
The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to clear the way for the U.S. Postal Service to implement President Trump’s executive order targeting mail voting in time for the midterms. The high court previously lifted the judge’s block on the president’s executive order itself. Now, the judge has blocked the Postal Service’s final...
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Sept. 3 to let the U.S. Postal Service enforce new mail-ballot rules tied to President Trump’s March executive order, seeking to lift a temporary restraining order from U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston before the Nov. 3 midterm elections [pbs.org#1][cbsnews.com#1][scmp.com#1][nytimes.com#1]. Talwani’s 14-day temporary restraining order
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to lift a temporary block on the U.S. Postal Service plan for President Trump's attempt to restrict mail-in voting for the midterm election.
The question of whether President Donald Trump’s restrictions can move forward in time for November’s midterm elections has been the subject of a dizzying legal battle in recent weeks.
The Trump administration filed an urgent appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking permission to immediately implement new U.S. Postal Service rules for mail ballots.
In our news wrap Thursday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to lift a block on a plan to restrict mail-in voting, federal prosecutors are charging an immigration officer with lying about the shooting of a Venezuelan man and billionaire Leon Black is defying a Congressional subpoena to address his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and instead is suing the House panel.
The Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to intervene in President Trump's fight for more stringent mail voting rules. CBS News' Katrina Kaufman has more.
The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reject an order by a federal judge that halts it from implementing a new rule regulating mail ballots, hours after being unable to tell that judge whether the computer system that would govern the entire project was operational yet.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Postal Service rule that could impede millions of mail voters. The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in.
Trump has asked the Supreme Court to lift the block on his plan for the USPS to restrict mail voting ahead of the midterm elections. And, diesel prices have reached a record high.
While the Trump administration's bid to overhaul mail-in voting remains blocked by the lower courts, North Carolina will be the first state to send ballots on Friday.
A federal judge has blocked the Postal Service from enforcing new limits on mail-in voting through the Nov. 3 midterm elections, extending a short-term pause as North Carolina began sending ballots on Friday and the US Justice Department was urging the Supreme Court to intervene.
A US judge has blocked the Postal Service from enforcing new limits on mail-in voting through the midterm elections, extending a short-term pause as North Carolina began sending ballots and the DOJ was urging the Supreme Court to intervene
A federal judge indefinitely extended her order to prevent the Trump administration from implementing new restrictions on mail-in ballots. The Trump plan would require states to use scannable ballot envelopes and to provide the federal government with lists of voters eligible to receive mail ballots. Liz Landers discussed more with David Becker of the Center for Election Innovation and Research.