DOJ turns to Supreme Court in battle over Postal Service mail ballot rules
Summary
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to allow the U.S. Postal Service to enforce new rules for mail-in ballots before the November elections. A lower court blocked these rules, and the Justice Department wants the Supreme Court to overturn that decision quickly.Key Facts
- The Justice Department filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court on Thursday.
- The appeal asks the Court to stop a temporary order blocking the Postal Service’s mail ballot rules.
- The temporary order came from U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani last week.
- The blocked rules require certain design and address details on mail-in ballot envelopes.
- Two dozen states led by Democrats and voting rights groups have challenged the Postal Service’s rules.
- Judge Talwani is reviewing a request from these states for a longer block on the rules.
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is overseeing the emergency appeal and has asked the states to respond by Tuesday.
- The Justice Department says the Postal Service’s rules are allowed by Congress and states cannot exempt election mail from them.
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