Trump admin urges Supreme Court to lift block on mail-voting order ahead of midterms election

T ump
admi ist atio
agai
asks
Sup eme
Cou t
to
i te ve e
a d
allow
mail-voti g
est ictio s.

A
fede al
cou t
has
blocked
P eside t
Do ald
T ump’s
executive
o de
o
mail-i
voti g.
The
admi ist atio
has
agai
asked
the
US
Sup eme
Cou t
to
step
i
a d
allow
the
policy
ahead
of
the
Novembe
midte m
electio s.The
Justice
Depa tme t
filed
a
eme ge cy
equest
o
Wed esday
seeki g
to
pause
a
uli g
that
p eve ts
the
US
Postal
Se vice
f om
e fo ci g
ew
atio wide
ules
gove i g
mail
ballots,
acco di g
to
Reute s.The
move
comes
a
day
afte
US
Dist ict
Judge
I di a
Talwa i
i
Bosto
expa ded
a
ea lie
i ju ctio
a d
stopped
the
Postal
Se vice
f om
applyi g
the
di ective
ac oss
the
cou t y.

What
the
o de
would
do

T ump
sig ed
the
executive
o de
i
Ma ch,
di ecti g
fede al
age cies
to
tighte
p ocedu es
fo
mail-i
voti g.It
i st ucts
the
Depa tme t
of
Homela d
Secu ity
to
c eate
lists
of
citize s
co side ed
eligible
to
vote
a d
sha e
them
with
states.The
o de
also
di ects
the
Justice
Depa tme t
to
p io itise
cases
i volvi g
electio
officials
who
issue
ballots
to
people
deemed
i eligible.It
fu the
equi es
the
Postal
Se vice
to
delive
mail
ballots
o ly
to
vote s
listed
o
state-app oved
olls.

Cou t
uli g
blocks
e fo ceme t

Judge
Talwa i
uled
that
the
Postal
Se vice
ca ot
impleme t
the
cha ges
atio wide,
sayi g
the
fede al
gove me t
lacks
autho ity
to
co t ol
how
states
u
electio s.

He
decisio
exte ded
a
p evious
o de
that
had
al eady
blocked
pa ts
of
the
policy
i
23
states
a d
Washi gto ,
DC.The
case
was
b ought
by
voti g
ights
g oups
ep ese ted
by
the
Ame ica
Civil
Libe ties
U io ,
which
a gue
the
di ective
violates
co stitutio al
limits
o
fede al
powe .

Gove me t
espo se

The
Justice
Depa tme t
says
the
lawsuits
we e
filed
too
ea ly,
a gui g
that
o
co c ete
e fo ceme t
actio s
have
yet
take
place.It
claims
the
alleged
ha m
is
speculative
a d
ot
sufficie t
to
justify
blocki g
the
policy.The
admi ist atio
has
al eady
asked
the
Sup eme
Cou t
to
i te ve e
i
a
elated
uli g
f om
Ju e
a d
ow
wa ts
the
latest
decisio
i cluded
i
that
equest.

Electio
backd op

The
dispute
is
u foldi g
as
the
US
app oaches
the
Novembe
2026
midte m
electio s,
which
will
dete mi e
co t ol
of
Co g ess.T ump
has
epeatedly
pushed
fo
tighte
mail-i
voti g
ules
a d
has
co ti ued
to
questio
the
i teg ity
of
the
2020
electio ,
claims
that
have
bee
widely
ejected.Fo
ow,
the
cou t
o de s
emai
i
effect
while
the
Sup eme
Cou t
co side s
whethe
to
take
up
the
case.