The Supreme Court declined to issue a stay of the lower court's ruling that invalidated the Postal Service's regulation on mail-in ballots.
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Strict ScrutinySep 15, 2026
Multiple tier1 and primary sources (Reuters, AP, the Supreme Court order itself) confirm the Supreme Court on September 14, 2026 denied the government's application for a stay of Judge Talwani's preliminary injunction blocking the USPS mail-in ballot rule. The claim faithfully paraphrases the post's passage, and the post's 'declined to issue a stay' matches the sources.
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… The Supreme Court told the administration that it cannot use the Postal Service to steal or rig an election by throwing out thousands of ballots and disenfranchising people. I'm just gonna say, right answer, took a long time to get there. Specifically, the Court declined to issue a stay, which is a pause of the lower court's ruling that had invalidated the Postal Service's regulation. So we're going to spend a little bit of time analyzing what the Court did, which is going to involve a fair bit of mocking Brett Kavanaugh, the most pathetic and needy pick-me justice who may have ever lived, and then Sam Alito and Clarence Thomas, who took …
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Supports. The Supreme Court's unsigned order in USPS v. California (No. 26A305) states the application for stay is denied, and the government is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge to the preliminary injunction.[3]
Supports. Reuters and AP report that the Supreme Court denied the Justice Department's request to lift the ruling by Judge Indira Talwani that blocked the Postal Service from enforcing the mail-ballot measure.[1][2]
Supports. CBS and Jurist describe the order as leaving intact the lower court's block on the USPS rule, consistent with a declined stay.[4][5]
Context. Sources describe the blocked rule as the USPS regulation on mail ballots, finalized in late August and enjoined by the district court; the claim's reference to the invalidated regulation is a fair description of that injunction.[5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 2 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1In loss for Trump, US Supreme Court won't let Postal Service restrict mail ballotsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midtermsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 326A305 Postal Service v. California (09/14/2026)supremecourt.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Supreme Court blocks new Postal Service rules for mail ballots in blow to Trumpcbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5US Supreme Court rejects DOJ bid to stay injunction blocking USPS mail-in ballot rulejurist.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 6Supreme Court says Trump can't enforce new mail-in ballot regulationnbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
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