The Supreme Court decision to block the Trump administration's mail-in voting guidelines was a 7 to 2 vote.
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AmericastSep 16, 2026
Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (NBC News, Reuters, CNN-affiliated and wire-based coverage) report the Supreme Court's September 14, 2026 emergency order blocking the Trump administration's USPS mail-in ballot rule was a 7-2 vote, with Justices Thomas and Alito dissenting.
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… Basically, if he had started earlier and the states had more time, then it's possible that the court would have ruled that this was okay. They still may rule that it's okay for 2028. I think what the the justices and this was, I believe, a 7 to 2 decision. You had Alito and Clarence Thomas being the two dissenters to this decision. So you had a few conservatives siding with all of the liberals, three liberals on the court in order to block this from happening right now. They did leave the door open for the administration to. …
Americast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. NBC News reports the Supreme Court prevented the USPS mail-in ballot regulation from taking effect, with the court 'appear[ing] to be divided 7-2' and Thomas and Alito dissenting.[2]
Supports. Reuters reports that in the ruling rebuffing the Trump-backed effort to restrict mail voting, only Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito publicly dissented.[1]
Supports. Multiple outlets (Statesman Journal, UPI, Capitol News Illinois) report the order was a 7-2 ruling on September 14-15, 2026, leaving in place a lower court injunction against the Postal Service rule.[3][4][5]
Context. The court issued a brief unsigned emergency order without a majority opinion; Alito and Thomas dissented, saying the government was likely to succeed on the merits.[6]
Context. The claimant's passage said 'I believe' a 7-2 decision with Alito and Thomas dissenting; the extracted claim's figure and dissenters match the sources, so no fidelity problem arises beyond the casual 'guidelines' wording for the USPS rule.[2][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 2, 5 not rated
- 1US Supreme Court rulings reshape midterm election battlefieldreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Supreme Court says Trump can’t enforce new mail-in ballot regulationnbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 3SCOTUS blocks Trump's attempt to limit mail-in voting for ...capitolnewsillinois.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4US Supreme Court rejects limits on mail-in ballots in Oregon lawsuitstatesmanjournal.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Trump calls Supreme Court's vote-by-mail ruling 'bad' for Republicansupi.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Supreme Court blocks Trump's attempt to limit mail-in voting for midterm electionsbnd.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7U.S. Postal Service: It is safe to mail your ballot this election yearrmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: context
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