Trump slams the Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots
Also reported by PBS NewsHour
Summary
President Donald Trump criticized the Supreme Court after it rejected his request to limit mail-in voting for the 2026 midterm elections. The court decided that making major changes to mail ballot rules so close to the election was unlikely to succeed in court, allowing states to continue using their current mail voting systems.Key Facts
- President Trump pushed to restrict mail-in voting for the 2026 midterms by involving the U.S. Postal Service in deciding who could get ballots.
- The Supreme Court rejected this last-minute proposal in an emergency ruling, saying it was unlikely to hold up legally.
- Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas disagreed with the court’s rejection.
- Trump said the justices who ruled against him were not the same people he had interviewed for the court.
- He accused the court of making harmful decisions influenced by political left-wing pressures.
- Trump has a history of publicly criticizing judges, including some he appointed, when they rule against him.
- The court has supported Trump on other major issues, such as protecting former presidents from criminal trials for official acts.
- Mail-in voting has minimal fraud, with only about four cases out of every 10 million ballots found by a 2025 Brookings report.
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