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Trump attacks the Supreme Court after setback in his bid to curb mail voting
The U.S. president criticized the court after it refused to back an election-year push by his administration to tighten mail ballot rules. The ruling leaves in place the systems states have long used to send ballots by mail.
Donald Trump lashed out at the U.S. Supreme Court after it turned down his administration’s effort to limit mail voting in this year’s midterm elections.
The late-Monday emergency order said the restrictions would likely fail in court, at least for this year’s election cycle.
According to The Associated Press, in coverage republished by NBC 6 South Florida and Florida Politics, the Trump administration made a last-minute push to give the U.S. Postal Service a central role in determining who could receive a ballot. State election officials argued there was not enough time to implement those changes before the Nov. 3 election and said their systems were already secure and accurate.
In a social media post on Tuesday, Trump harshly criticized the nation’s highest court and also complained that the ruling took too long. He also praised Sam Alito and Clarence Thomas, the two justices who publicly dissented.
Trump, who nominated Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh to the court, singled out justices who ruled against him. He has a long record of publicly attacking judges whose decisions conflict with his agenda, including members of the court he appointed himself.
At the same time, the court led by Chief Justice John Roberts has also ruled for Trump on several major issues. AP noted that this included a 2024 ruling by the conservative majority finding that former presidents are presumptively immune for all official acts, a decision that cleared the way for Trump to seek reelection without facing a criminal trial that year.
Trump has long opposed mail voting and falsely blamed it for his 2020 loss. AP also reported that a 2025 Brookings Institution study found mail ballot fraud occurred in about four cases per 10 million mailed ballots.
Roughly one-third of voters use mail ballots, and voting by mail has already started in some states. The court’s decision allows states to keep sending ballots under the same procedures they have used for years.
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