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Trump’s administration says new USPS ballot-mail requirements will deter fraud. States, civil-rights groups and some justices dispute their authority and timing. The case asks whether mandatory enforcement should proceed for the November 2026 election.
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Role at the time: President of the United States
Statement summary
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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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.
Role at the time: Supreme Court associate justice, joining the dissent
Statement summary
Thomas joins the position that enforcement should be allowed during the appeal.
“Recorded action: Thomas expressly joined Alito’s dissent in favor of granting the government’s stay request.”
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Defends enforcement through an express joinder.
Role at the time: Supreme Court associate justice, dissenting
Statement summary
Alito would allow enforcement while the injunction is appealed.
“I would grant the Government’s application”
What this label refers to
Defends 2026 enforcement by supporting a stay.
Role at the time: U.S. solicitor general, representing the government
Response to this claim
Mandatory USPS ballot-mail requirements are lawful postal controls and should be enforced for the November 2026 election.
“an important federal policy to protect the mails from being used to commit voter fraud”
Defends 2026 enforcement through the government’s stay application.
Donald Trump is the 45th and 47th president of the United States. Before entering national politics, he worked in real estate development and entertainment.
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Rob Bonta is California’s attorney general.
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Shirley Weber is California’s secretary of state.
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Jeff Merkley is a Democratic United States senator representing Oregon.
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Ron Wyden is a Democratic United States senator representing Oregon.
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Clarence Thomas is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Samuel Alito is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Governor of California and former mayor of San Francisco.
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D. John Sauer is the solicitor general of the United States, representing the federal government before the Supreme Court.
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