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September 3, 2026 · 20:45 UTC
Postal Service asks Supreme Court to allow Trump’s mail voting changes
Overview
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…
Short history
The U.S. Postal Service asked the Supreme Court on September 3, 2026, to lift a federal judge’s block on its rules for carrying out President Trump’s executive order on mail voting. The order required the Postal Service to change how it handles ballots mailed close to deadlines for the 2026 midterms. The Justice Department filed the request after the high court had already removed the judge’s earlier stay on the executive order itself. The current block applies only to the Postal Service’s final implementation plan. The case traces back to the original executive order issued in 2025.
Predictive model
The Postal Service asked the Supreme Court to let it carry out the executive order on mail voting that a lower court had blocked. This follows the high court’s earlier move to lift the block on the order itself. The case now sits with the justices on whether the Postal Service can move ahead before the midterms.
The next clear step is a Supreme Court reply, either by granting the request or letting the block stand. If the court sides with the Postal Service the changes go into effect for this cycle. If it upholds the block the order stays on hold until further litigation or a later election.
The pattern shows repeated back-and-forth between the executive branch, lower courts, and the Supreme Court on voting rules. Each round depends on the justices taking the case and ruling.
This runs at least until the court answers, likely within weeks. It heads next to either implementation for the midterms or continued legal delays.