Trump lashes out at Supreme Court for upholding voting rights against USPS mail-ballot rule
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President Donald Trump attacked the Supreme Court for blocking a restrictive Postal Service rule on mail-in ballots before the November midterms, baselessly accusing the justices of undermining Republicans and the country.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump publicly condemned the Supreme Court for halting a controversial U.S. Postal Service regulation that would have imposed new barriers on mail-in ballots for the upcoming midterm elections. Using his social-media platform, Trump decried the ruling as 'a big loss for Republicans, and America itself,' and irresponsibly claimed it would facilitate election fraud—a claim repeatedly debunked by experts.
Trump singled out the three justices he appointed—Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett—for criticism, alleging they sided with the liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts in maintaining a district court injunction against the rule. He reserved praise for arch-conservative Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, who dissented, calling them 'legends' for their hardline stance.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in a separate opinion, admitted 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, as election officials would not have enough time to implement it. The unsigned majority decision, likely a 7-2 vote, left the anti-voter rule blocked for the November elections.
The Postal Service rule, rushed out in late August, was designed to enforce an executive order on mail-in ballots signed by Trump in March. It sought to impose new standards for ballot envelopes and force states to compile lists of eligible mail-ballot voters—measures widely seen as attempts to suppress voter participation.