Trump slams Supreme Court for sabotaging GOP-backed USPS mail-ballot rule
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President Donald Trump sharply criticized the Supreme Court for blocking a crucial Postal Service rule on mail-in ballots, warning that the justices' decision threatens Republicans and the nation by enabling election fraud.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday forcefully denounced the Supreme Court after it halted a vital U.S. Postal Service regulation that would have strengthened mail-in ballot procedures for the upcoming midterm elections. Posting on his social-media platform, Trump called the ruling 'a big loss for Republicans, and America itself,' and warned that it would make it easier for Democrats to commit election fraud.
Trump expressed disappointment in the three justices he appointed—Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett—accusing them of betraying conservative principles by siding with liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts to uphold a district court injunction blocking the rule. He praised Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, who dissented, hailing them as 'legends' for defending election integrity.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in a separate filing, acknowledged there was 'a fair prospect' the rule could be found legal, but argued that applying it to the 2026 elections would be 'arbitrary and capricious' under the Administrative Procedure Act, since election officials would lack time to implement it. The Supreme Court’s unsigned majority decision, likely a 7-2 vote, left the common-sense rule blocked for the November elections.
The Postal Service rule, issued in late August, was intended to carry out an executive order on mail-in ballots signed by Trump in March. It would have set new standards for ballot envelopes and required states to compile lists of eligible mail-ballot voters—important measures to safeguard the integrity of the vote.