The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration's executive order regarding mail-in voting regulations.
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The NPR Politics PodcastSep 29, 2026
The Supreme Court did block the Trump administration's mail-voting effort on September 14, 2026, declining to let the Postal Service enforce its rule implementing the March executive order. But on August 24 the Court lifted a lower-court block on the executive order itself, so the claim that it blocked the order is only partly accurate.
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… Um, they have been playing a big role in elections and voting laws, ah, leading up to these midterm elections. 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. …
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Contradicts. Politico and CNBC report that on August 24 the Supreme Court lifted or paused the lower-court injunction against Trump's executive order, allowing key parts of the order to move forward, so the Court did not block the order itself at that stage.[3][4]
Supports. Reuters and SCOTUSblog report that on September 14, 2026 the Supreme Court refused the Justice Department's request to lift the injunction, leaving the Postal Service barred from enforcing its mail-ballot rule.[1][5]
Supports. Eastham Star and The Daily Star describe the Court as blocking or striking down the Trump administration's restrictions on mail voting.[6][7]
Context. The Supreme Court's September order was brief and unsigned, and it did not rule on the legality of the executive order; the AP reports an appeals court upheld the block while the Supreme Court considered the same case.[1][2][8]
Sources
8 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1In loss for Trump, US Supreme Court won't let Postal Service restrict mail ballotsreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Appeals court hands Trump a loss on mail voting ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Supreme Court lifts one block on Trump mail-in voting planpolitico.com · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts
- 4Supreme Court lets Trump move toward mail-ballot restrictionscnbc.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5Supreme Court denies Trump administration's request to ...scotusblog.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Supreme Court Blocks Mail Voting Restrictionseasthamptonstar.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7US Supreme Court blocks Trump mail-in ballot restrictionsthedailystar.net · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8Supreme Court gives Trump an interim win on his mail voting order, but hurdles loomnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: context
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