The Supreme Court previously ruled that a mail-in voting case was not ripe for review.
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The Lawfare PodcastSep 14, 2026
The Supreme Court's August 24, 2026 emergency-docket ruling in Trump v. California (the mail-in voting executive order case) held that the challenge was not ripe because the Postal Service had not yet issued a final rule, which matches the claim and predates the September 14 post.
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… files this notice of supplemental authority, where it says the Supreme Court ruled in this ballroom case that there's no standing; therefore, there's no standing here. It doesn't really explain exactly why. It was a pretty short filing, and also saying that the Supreme Court's ruling, interestingly, in the mail in voting case, which we just talked about at length but the Supreme Court already has touched on that case when they said that the rule that it wasn't ripe for review. Now it's presumably ripe for review. It would be shocking if they now said it wasn't ripe. But they go to the ruling about ripeness there, and they say that this isn't ripe either because it's the same thing, even though it isn't exactly the same thing, …
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Supports. Electionlaw blog reports that the Supreme Court majority held the case was not ripe and that the plaintiff states lacked standing, because their injuries from preparing for an expected final rule were not complete.[2]
Supports. Bloomberg Law reports that the Supreme Court held the plaintiffs' case was not ripe because the Postal Service had not yet issued its final rule, quoting the court that 'Federal courts review final rules, not proposed rules.'[3]
Supports. Jurist reports that on August 24, 2026 the Supreme Court granted the administration's emergency request, with an unsigned per curiam opinion finding the states had not shown the injury needed under Article III to challenge the directive at this stage.[4]
Supports. A West Virginia report on the ruling states that the majority found the challenging states lacked standing and that their claims were not ripe because the order was an internal directive that had not yet resulted in a final, binding rule.[5]
Context. The ruling was a stay on narrow procedural grounds, and the Court said its order did not mean any government measure to implement the order would be lawful, so the legality of the order was not decided.[1][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 5 not rated
- 1Judge chides US Postal Service over mail-in voting rule but will not block itreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2[Now Updated] Breaking: The Supreme Court, Over the Dissents ...electionlawblog.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3US Postal Service Becomes New Battleground for Voting Rightsnews.bloomberglaw.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4www.jurist.org · news · 2026US dispatch: Supreme Court allows President Trump to move ...jurist.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5W.Va. election officials monitoring rulingstheintermountain.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on mail voting ...krgv.com · not rated · cited for: context
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