The Supreme Court issued a 7 to 2 decision regarding Executive Order 14399.
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
The September 14, 2026 Supreme Court order that left the USPS mail-ballot rule blocked is reported as a 7-2 split, but the Court published no vote breakdown and that tally is inferred from the Alito/Thomas dissent.
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… He's got, like, a white cloth. Yeah, he's probably a little chicken, whatever. I'm not gonna go there. Okay, so it was not a favorable decision. Uhm, the, the majority, so it was, it was, it was a basically a 6 to 3 decision, but it actually turned out like a 7 to 2, allowing the injunction to stay in place, and you got kind of a rundown from Becker there that, you know, it was brought, this case was brought in two different venues. It was brought in the First Circuit with Talwani and also, I believe, in the DC Circuit as well. …
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Contradicts. The August 24, 2026 Trump v. California ruling on Executive Order 14399 had three dissents (Sotomayor, Kagan, Jackson), which is a 6-3 split rather than 7-2.[2]
Contradicts. NACO describes the Supreme Court's ruling on the Executive Order 14399 USPS rule as a 6-3 decision, conflicting with the 7-2 figure in other sources.[3]
Supports. TopDisputes reports that the Supreme Court denied the government's emergency application by a 7-2 vote on September 14, 2026, in the USPS mail-ballot rule litigation tied to Executive Order 14399.[4]
Supports. IBTimes and FindLaw both state the Court published no vote breakdown, but the Alito dissent joined by Thomas suggests a 7-2 split.[5][6]
Context. The Supreme Court's official preliminary print covers the August 24 order on Executive Order 14399 but the excerpt does not state the vote count.[1]
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- 1PRELIMINARY PRINTsupremecourt.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 2U.S. Supreme Court Leaves USPS Mail-Ballot Rule Blocked for 2026 Midterm Electionsasil.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 3Breaking Down the Midterm Elections: Insight and Analysis for County Leadersnaco.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4States v. USPS (Mail-Ballot Rule) case: status and timeline — TopDisputestopdisputes.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Donald Trump Says Supreme Court Is 'Bullied and Cajoled by ...ibtimes.co.uk · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration Attempt to ...findlaw.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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