Supreme Court backs Trump's mail-in ballot order, states vow fight
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a ruling favorable to the Trump administration regarding mail-in ballot restrictions. While the court rejected a challenge from opposing states, legal battles are expected to continue as federal agencies begin implementing new protocols.
Why it matters
The ruling impacts the legal framework of U.S. election administration and sets a precedent for how federal agencies can enact policy changes before judicial review.
The next phase of President Donald Trump’s effort to change America’s mail-in-voting system is taking shape after the Supreme Court issued a largely favorable ruling for the White House in a challenge to Trump's mail-in ballot restrictions. Former White House deputy counsel Gene Hamilton said federal agencies such as the Postal Service can now move forward with parts of Trump’s election-integrity order, including new ballot-mail standards and efforts involving state citizenship lists, as opposing states wait to see which concrete federal actions could form the basis of new lawsuits. "It’s really interesting what the court did [and] it’s actually exactly what you would expect the court to do," Hamilton told Fox News Digital.
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