The First Circuit Court of Appeals declined to stay the injunction against the Postal Service rule regarding mail-in ballots.
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The Lawfare PodcastSep 14, 2026
Multiple tier1 and primary sources (Reuters, Supreme Court docket letter, California AG press release, CBS News) confirm the First Circuit on September 10, 2026 denied the Trump administration's request to stay the preliminary injunction blocking the USPS mail-in ballot rule.
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… And so I should probably just get into that argument. So the major development, I suppose, that has happened this week, although it doesn't really matter, is that the First Circuit has declined to stay the injunction, and so there were appeals pending simultaneously with the First Circuit and with the Supreme Court, and the appeal with the Supreme Court is still pending. …
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Supports. Reuters reports that a three-judge First Circuit panel declined to put on hold the injunction blocking the USPS mail-in voting rule, on September 10, 2026.[1]
Supports. A Supreme Court docket filing from the League Respondents confirms the First Circuit issued an order on September 10, 2026 denying the applicants' motions to stay the preliminary injunctions.[2]
Supports. CBS News reports the appellate panel denied the administration's request to lift the lower court's order blocking the new mail-ballot rules, in a nine-page opinion.[3]
Context. The First Circuit's reasoning, as reported by CBS, centered on the administration's failure to show the rule would not cause chaos and voter disenfranchisement, and on the absence of record evidence of mail-voting fraud.[3]
Context. The Supreme Court still had a pending emergency application to stay the injunction, so the injunction's ultimate status remained open after the First Circuit ruling.[1][4][5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1US appeals court rejects Trump mail-in ballot restrictions ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2September 10, 2026 By Electronic Filing ...supremecourt.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Appeals court rejects Trump request to lift block on Postal Service rule for mail ballotscbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 4Appeals Court Maintains Preliminary Injunction Blocking U.S. Postal ...latinojustice.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Appeals court rejects mail-in ballot restrictions as Supreme Court considers rulenewsobserver.com · not rated · cited for: context
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