Justices Thomas and Justice Alito dissented from the Supreme Court's ruling on mail-in voting restrictions.
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IHIP NewsSep 20, 2026
Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (Reuters, AP-linked reporting, NYT, NPR) report that Justices Alito and Thomas dissented from the Supreme Court's September 14, 2026 order declining to let the USPS enforce the mail-in ballot rule. The claim's wording is a faithful extraction of the post's passage, and the post's referents (Thomas and Alito, the mail-in voting ruling) match the sources.
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… Basically, didn't give a long opinion. This was on the emergency shadow docket. None of the justices signed that opinion. I think it was only maybe two paragraphs. There were two notable dissents, obviously, from the two bootlickers. You've got Justice Thomas and Justice Alito, that President Trump could literally take a shit on the White House lawn, and they would probably vote that that was they had a constitutional right to do that. They would do whatever this man says, so it's no surprise that he did not have those two. …
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Supports. Reuters reports that Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, dissented from the Monday decision, and that no other justice dissented publicly.[1]
Supports. The New York Times reports that only Justices Alito and Thomas lodged dissents from the order blocking Trump's mail-vote plan.[2]
Supports. NPR, USA Today, SCOTUSblog and Washington Examiner all report the Alito and Thomas dissent from the Supreme Court's mail-in ballot ruling.[3][4][5][6]
Context. The order was unsigned and one paragraph; the dissenters argued the government's challenge was a 'Hail Mary' and that some challengers lacked standing.[6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1In loss for Trump, US Supreme Court won't let Postal ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Two Conservative Justices Would Have Allowed Trump's ...nytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3The Supreme Court won't allow midterm mail-in voting limitsnpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4In controversial mail-in ballot ruling, Trump has only two ...usatoday.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Alito and Thomas slam Supreme Court upholding 'Hail ...washingtonexaminer.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Supreme Court denies Trump administration's request to ...scotusblog.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 7Supreme Court Blocks Changes to Mail-In Voting Ahead of ...fedweek.com · not rated · cited for: context
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