The Supreme Court paused the first of two rulings that blocked the U.S. Postal Service from working on Trump's order in about half of the states plus Washington, DC.
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Up First from NPRAug 25, 2026
The Supreme Court on Monday, Aug. 24, paused the lower-court ruling covering 23 mainly Democratic-led states plus Washington, D.C., which is about half the states plus DC, as the claim says. The sources describe that ruling as blocking key parts of Trump's order generally rather than USPS specifically; the USPS-specific block was a separate nationwide ruling that remains in effect.
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… Well, here's a way to think about this. There have been two rulings from a judge in Boston. They both block the Us. Postal Service from carrying out Trump's order to restrict voting by mail, and I should note, USPS is a financial supporter of NPR. Now what the Supreme Court has done is pause the first of those two rulings. This first one blocked USPS from working on Trump's order in about half of the states, plus Washington, DC. But there is a second ruling that is still in effect, and it's blocking USPS across the country right now. Had Trump ordered the Postal Service to do? …
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Supports. NPR reports the Supreme Court paused a lower court ruling that blocked key parts of Trump's mail-voting order in 23 mainly Democratic-led states plus Washington, D.C.[1][2]
Supports. CNBC and SCOTUSblog report the Supreme Court paused the injunction covering 23 states and Washington, D.C., the first of the two Talwani rulings, while a separate nationwide ruling still blocks USPS.[3][4]
Context. Sources say the separate Talwani ruling, released Aug. 11, still blocks the Postal Service nationwide, which is the second ruling the post described as still in effect.[1][5]
Context. The paused ruling is described as blocking provisions of the order for the federal government or the states in general, not as a USPS-only block, so the 'blocked USPS' wording is a loose paraphrase of the post.[4][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 tier 2, 5 not rated
- 1Supreme Court gives Trump an interim win on his mail voting order, but hurdles loomnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 2Supreme Court gives Trump an interim win on his mail voting order, but hurdles loomhoustonpublicmedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Supreme Court lets Trump move toward mail-ballot restrictionscnbc.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Supreme Court allows Trump administration to move forward with order imposing restrictions on mail-in votingscotusblog.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Supreme Court pauses lower court ruling on Trump's mail voting order as hurdles loomwcbu.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Supreme Court gives Trump win in mail ballot dispute, but fight continuesnewsobserver.com · not rated · cited for: context
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