The Supreme Court blocked an executive order from the Trump administration that sought to change mail voting processes and give the U.S. Postal Service new abilities to decide who to deliver mail ballots to.
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The NPR Politics PodcastSep 29, 2026
Multiple sources report that on September 14–15, 2026 the Supreme Court left in place a lower-court injunction and denied the government's request, blocking USPS from carrying out the March executive order's mail-ballot rules, which included rules on which ballots USPS would deliver.
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… Can you guys walk us through what they've done? Sure, I mean, the biggest headline is that the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration's effort to police mail voting, that there was, you know, President Trump released an executive order earlier this year that sought to put pretty huge changes on the mail voting process, so to give the U.S. Postal Service, for instance, new abilities to decide who to deliver mail ballots to, also added new regulations for how those mail ballots should be set up. All of that has been blocked by the Supreme Court. So again, this goes back to the point I made a second ago, where, okay, this effort by the Trump administration has been completely blocked. …
The NPR Politics Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. SCOTUSblog reports the Supreme Court declined to let USPS carry out parts of the mail-in voting rule and left in place a Boston federal judge's ruling barring USPS from implementing aspects of it.[3]
Supports. Government Executive and The Conversation report the Supreme Court kept USPS from carrying out the mail-voting changes, which required states to submit voter lists and set new barcode and envelope rules.[4][5]
Supports. The March executive order directed USPS to refuse delivery of mail ballots unless voters appeared on a new list and their ballots met new specifications, matching the claim's point about USPS deciding which ballots to deliver.[1][6]
Contradicts. Reuters and CNBC reported on August 24 that the Supreme Court lifted or paused a lower-court order blocking the executive order, with a separate injunction still in place, so early coverage pointed the other way.[2][7]
Context. The Supreme Court's action was an interim order that did not rule on the legality of the executive order, and the post's extraction is faithful to the passage.[8][9]
Sources
9 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 6 not rated, 1 tier 2
- 1Appeals court hands Trump a loss on mail voting ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2US Supreme Court hands a win to Trump over mail-in ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 3Supreme Court denies Trump administration's request to ...scotusblog.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Supreme Court keeps USPS from carrying out mail-in voting changes...govexec.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Why the Supreme Court blocked Trump and the Postal ...theconversation.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Supreme Court Rules Postal Service Must Deliver Mail ...brennancenter.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Supreme Court lets Trump move toward mail-ballot restrictionscnbc.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 8Supreme Court gives Trump an interim win on his mail voting order, but hurdles loomnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 9What's next for mail voting after the Supreme Court ruled against Trumpus.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: context
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