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Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court to Allow New Mail Voting Rules
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In Short: The Trump administration petitioned the Supreme Court to permit new mail-in voting regulations before midterms, despite opposition from Democratic states and civil rights groups.
By a 5-4 vote, the justices granted an emergency appeal from Donald Trump and his lawyers on Monday, setting aside a judge’s order that would stop the construction. Roberts Jr. dissented, along with the court’s three liberals. “This court has not found standing in circumstances like these before. To the contrary, we have repeatedly held that mere offense, disagreement, or distaste does not qualify as a concrete and particularized injury,” the unsigned order said.
“While the order allows the Postal Service and the States to continue taking steps to ensure that their envelopes satisfy the rule’s requirements, the order risks sowing confusion and chaos because it makes those preparatory steps voluntary, rather than mandatory,” Sauer wrote. Restraining orders like the one U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a week ago typically can’t be appealed to higher courts.
More than 20 Democratic-led states and civil rights groups sued over the plan. 09/03/2026 04:38 PM EDT | Updated: 09/03/2026 04:58 PM EDT The Donald Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to step in for a second time to allow new mail-in voting rules to be implemented ahead of the midterms. The 1st Circuit has not yet ruled on that request. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled Donald Trump had no authority to build a ballroom on the White House grounds without the approval of Congress, and he ordered a halt to the above-ground construction. The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued in December, contending Donald Trump was a “temporary tenant, not the owner” of the White House. Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — joined conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A.
Donald Trump says the policies he ordered will prevent voter fraud, but more than 20 Democratic-led states and civil rights groups contend the system the administration is rushing into place threatens to cause widespread confusion and disenfranchise legitimate voters. The conservative majority pointed to Alison Hoagland, one of its members, who said she lives in Washington, walks by the White House about once a month and said she found the “scale,” “height” and “massing” of the huge ballroom to be distasteful. The conservative majority also said Donald Trump and his appointees had stressed the new ballroom was needed for national security and said the lower courts judges should not have interfered. According to recent polls, a bipartisan majority of voters disapprove of the president’s handling of the economy and say the country is facing an affordability crisis. “We are living in the Golden Age of America, and this Building will be one of the Greatest ever constructed in Washington, D.C.,” Donald Trump wrote.
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- The president has personally overruled his own chosen architects after being told the building would overwhelm the executive complex.