Trump attacks the stay denial and calls mail-in voting a “disaster”
Donald TrumpPresident of the United States
Trump criticizes the Court’s refusal to allow the ballot-mail rule to take effect for the 2026 midterms and presents the rule as a response to what he calls mail-in voting problems.
“Republicans just got another bad decision from the United States Supreme Court ... It is a big loss for Republicans, and America itself.”
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Should Trump’s new mail-in voting restrictions apply to the 2026 midterms?
USPS’s new federal ballot-mail rule requires election officials to meet envelope standards, enroll voters through a federal portal and submit outgoing ballots for verification. The Trump administration argues these are lawful anti-fraud postal controls. Challenging states and civil-rights organizations say USPS is intruding into state-run elections and that the late rollout threatens voters’ access. On September 14, the Supreme Court left a temporary block in place for the 2026 election. Alito and Thomas would have allowed enforcement; Kavanaugh objected to applying the rule this year.
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Trump’s post responds to the Supreme Court’s September 14 decision leaving the 2026 block on the federal ballot-mail rule in place. He says the Court cited inadequate implementation time, calls the rule’s current status a loss for Republicans and America, and characterizes mail-in voting as corrupt.
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The Supreme Court had denied a stay of the preliminary injunction against the USPS rule for the 2026 midterms.
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Trump continues by criticizing the Court and its members; the post contains no contrary position on applying the rule.
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Relative to whether the new ballot-mail restrictions should apply in 2026, Trump describes the block as a loss and portrays enforcement as the needed response to alleged mail-in voting problems.
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The Dispute Index. "Trump attacks the stay denial and calls mail-in voting a “disaster”". First published: 2026-09-15. Last updated: 2026-09-15. https://disputeindex.com/events/655-trump-criticizes-the-court-s-refusal-to-allow