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Trump administration again asks for emergency relief
Confirmed
In Short: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s emergency bid to enforce new U.S. Postal Service (USPS) restrictions on mail-in ballots ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, leaving a lower court’s nationwide block in place.
Alito dissented, stating that the government had made the showings necessary for a stay.
"Today, the Supreme Court protected one of our most fundamental, inalienable rights – the right to make your voice heard at the ballot box," said James, a spokesperson for the plaintiffs.
"This last-minute change could have thrown our elections into chaos, and I am truly relieved the Court granted this reprieve," said another supporter.
"The Government has made the showings necessary for a stay, so I respectfully dissent," Alito wrote.
"Trump’s plan to make it harder to vote was obviously unconstitutional," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
"We will keep fighting to make sure every eligible ballot is counted come November," Schumer added.
"The Supreme Court had no choice but to make the right decision," said a supporter.
"Finally, his scheme is dead. Trump: you lost another one," said another critic.
The rejection of the Trump administration's emergency bid leaves the case unresolved, allowing the lower court's nationwide block to remain in place.
Background
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the arrest highlights issues with New Jersey's motor vehicle system and Sherrill's battles with the Trump administration.
What's confirmed
- Alito dissented, stating that the government had made the showings necessary for a stay.
- "Today, the Supreme Court protected one of our most fundamental, inalienable rights – the right to make your voice heard at the ballot box," said James, a spokesperson for the plaintiffs.
- "This last-minute change could have thrown our elections into chaos, and I am truly relieved the Court granted this reprieve," said another supporter.
- "The Government has made the showings necessary for a stay, so I respectfully dissent," Alito wrote.
- "Trump’s plan to make it harder to vote was obviously unconstitutional," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
- "We will keep fighting to make sure every eligible ballot is counted come November," Schumer added.
- "The Supreme Court had no choice but to make the right decision," said a supporter.
- "Finally, his scheme is dead. Trump: you lost another one," said another critic.
- The rejection of the Trump administration's emergency bid leaves the case unresolved, allowing the lower court's nationwide block to remain in place.
What's still developing
- Earlier on Monday, the justices met for the annual “long conference” to consider petitions for review that built up during the summer recess.
- The U.S. will provide Namibia with $45 million for its HIV response in the 2027 fiscal year but the country will then start funding its own HIV programs, with the U.S. only providing "technical cooperation," both countries said in statement.
- While the withdrawal of the funding was expected since the Trump administration's "America First" approach to foreign aid was announced, it follows Namibia's rejection of proposed provisions for sharing health data and biological specimens with the United States.
- "Over the next year, this support will transition into a technical cooperation model as the HIV response is fully integrated into Namibia's sustainable national health system, in line with Namibia's national laws," the governments said in a joint statement.
- It has also started a "phased drawdown" of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a program that has supported South Africa's battle against HIV and AIDS for the past 20 years and is widely credited with saving more than 20 million lives over that period.
- Eleven people were killed and 30 injured in a blast in Dera Ismail Khan in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, emergency service Rescue 1122 said.
- Rescue teams from the Darazinda station reached the scene and began relief operations, providing medical assistance to the wounded and taking them to hospital, the service said.
- Prosecutors, who said Clancy knew what she was doing, now must decide whether to put Clancy on trial again, drop the charges or try to negotiate a plea deal with her lawyer.
- And he said he didn’t believe she had acute psychosis when she killed the children, but rather took their lives so they wouldn’t “suffer” after she killed herself.
- Dr. Phillip Resnick, a forensic psychiatrist who testified for the defense, said that Clancy was “clearly psychotic” and was not in control of her actions.
- “It was almost like she was a puppet and someone else was pulling the strings,” said Resnick, who spent hours interviewing Clancy after the killings.
- “What I’m asking for is time to file a single-justice appeal for this travesty,” Reddington said.