Justice Thomas joined Justice Alito's dissent in the Supreme Court mail-in ballot order.
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (Reuters, NYT, NPR, PBS, AP) report that Justices Alito and Thomas dissented from the Supreme Court's September 14, 2026 unsigned order declining to let the USPS enforce Trump's mail-in ballot rule, so Thomas joined Alito's dissent.
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… Like, that's that's what we're dealing with, is they they think they're above the law and the precedent and the rules and the standards, and I think Alito crushed it. Thomas joined the dissent. I think that we've we've i understand the timeliness decision. I just i hate this, and we see this a lot, of personal experience with this. They they continue forwarding false or inevitably fatal claims, right? …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters reports that Justice Samuel Alito, joined by fellow conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, dissented from the Monday decision on the USPS mail-in ballot rule.[1]
Supports. The New York Times reports that Alito, joined by Thomas, lodged a dissent saying they would have allowed the Postal Service rules to move ahead, calling the challenge a 'Hail Mary pass'.[2]
Supports. PBS NewsHour and Washington Examiner both report that Alito and Thomas were the only justices who publicly noted dissent, with Alito writing an eight-page dissent joined by Thomas.[3][4]
Context. The order was unsigned and the majority gave no reasoning; Kavanaugh concurred, and the Washington Examiner reports a 7-2 split on the order.[4][5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1In loss for Trump, US Supreme Court won't let Postal ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Two Conservative Justices Would Have Allowed Trump's ...nytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3PBS News Hour Analyzing the Supreme Court's mail-in voting decisionpbs.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Alito and Thomas slam Supreme Court upholding 'Hail ...washingtonexaminer.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Supreme Court Rejects Trump's Mail Ballot Curbs for ...news.bloomberglaw.com · not rated · cited for: context
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