{"id":2649345,"date":"2026-08-25T13:44:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T17:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-triumphs-at-scotus-dems-counting-on-mail-in-voting-should-prepare-to-panic\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T14:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:09:47","slug":"trump-triumphs-at-scotus-dems-counting-on-mail-in-voting-should-prepare-to-panic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-triumphs-at-scotus-dems-counting-on-mail-in-voting-should-prepare-to-panic\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Triumphs at SCOTUS &#8211; Dems Counting on Mail-in Voting Should Prepare to Panic"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-triumphs-at-scotus-dems-counting-on-mail-in-voting-should-prepare-to-panic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2649345&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. Supreme Court approved President Donald Trump\u2019s executive order related to mail-in ballots, allowing it to proceed. the order, issued in March, required states to verify mail-in voters&#8217; U.S. citizenship by providing lists of recipients to federal agencies and implementing ballot envelope identifiers such as barcodes to prevent voter fraud.Several states and the District of Columbia sued to block the order, resulting in a federal judge\u2019s injunction, which was later upheld by an appellate court. Though, the Supreme Court reversed this decision in a 6-3 ruling, stating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-cleared-to-take-on-biden-censorship-after-supreme-court-punted-issue-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. cleared to take on Biden censorship after ... punted issue - Washington Examiner\">plaintiffs lacked standing due<\/a> to insufficient concrete harm, without addressing the lawfulness of the order itself. Critics, including Justice Jackson and Justice Sotomayor, argued that the decision avoided addressing the constitutional issues and perceived it as an attempt to create chaos ahead of the upcoming elections. Democratic leaders, like Chuck Schumer and New York Attorney General Letitia James, condemned the decision as undermining democracy and vowed to continue fighting it through legal channels. Meanwhile, the Postal Service has introduced a new rule requiring states to submit voter lists well in advance of elections. the ruling has intensified debates over voting rights and election security.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump\u2019s executive order regarding mail-in ballots to go forward.<\/p>\n<p>In late March, Trump issued an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/03\/ensuring-citizenship-verification-and-integrity-in-federal-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> executive order<\/a> requiring states to send a list of names of those receiving mail-in ballots so they could be verified as U.S. citizens, with the Department of Homeland Security working in conjunction with the Social Security Administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Federal Government has an unavoidable duty under Article II of the Constitution of the United States to enforce Federal law, which includes preventing violations of Federal criminal law and maintaining public confidence in election outcomes,\u201d the directive read.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Postal Service was instructed not to deliver ballots to those unverified as citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Further, states are required to have \u201cunique ballot envelope identifiers, such as bar codes, [to] enable confirmation that only citizens receive and cast ballots, reducing the risk of fraud and protecting the integrity of Federal elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-three states, along with the District of Columbia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dems-fight-trumps-push-secure-mail-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued<\/a> the Trump administration in federal court seeking to block the order.<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts-based federal Judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mad.uscourts.gov\/boston\/talwani.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indira Talwani<\/a>, appointed by Barack Obama, issued an injunction blocking the implementation, which the First U.S. District Court of Appeals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ca1.uscourts.gov\/sites\/ca1\/files\/opnfiles\/26-1774O-01A.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upheld<\/a> in late July.<\/p>\n<p>In its Monday<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/25pdf\/26a124_hgci.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 6-3 ruling<\/a> reversing the injunction, the Supreme Court did not decide whether Trump\u2019s order was lawful, but determined the states suing to block it did not have standing because they could not prove any \u201cconcrete\u201d harms had been suffered by their citizens, concluding their arguments are \u201cconjecture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In her dissent, Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ketanji-brown-jackson-called-embarrassment-using-social-media-slang-birthright-citizenship-opinion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ketanji Brown Jackson<\/a> accused the majority of \u201c[t]aking its eye off the ball\u201d and thus \u201cmiss[ing] the Government\u2019s actual objective: to secure our imprimatur for its effort to foment chaos ahead of the November elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Elena Kagan, wrote in a separate dissenting opinion, \u201cToday\u2019s decision does not address whether the President\u2019s attempts to interfere with States\u2019 administration of the November 2026 elections are lawful. Nor does it suggest that the Executive Branch has any constitutional or statutory authority to implement the President\u2019s directives. Instead, today\u2019s decision merely postpones adjudication of those challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The states challenging Trump\u2019s order wrote in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/26\/26A124\/417976\/20260803142451298_Consolidated%20Opposition%20to%20Applications.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brief<\/a> to the Supreme Court that implementing it \u201cwould allow the federal government to rush out an unprecedented, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-states-warn-high-court-that-mail-ballot-order-would-cause-midterm-chaos\/\" title=\"Blue ... warn high ... that mail ballot ... would cause midterm chaos\">legally indefensible voter-verification<\/a> and ballot-interception program that would, among other things, give the U.S. Postal Service far-reaching new powers and responsibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2026\/08\/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-to-move-forward-with-order-imposing-restrictions-on-ma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCOTUSBlog<\/a> reported that Alabama and 11 other states supporting the order countered in their brief that two recent rulings by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit involving the same executive order concluded it was too early to challenge it without proof of actual harm to the states.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chuck-schumers-grip-power-weakens-suffers-another-dem-primary-crusher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> responded to the ruling, calling it \u201ca disgrace,\u201d adding that it is thrusting a \u201cdagger into the heart of our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s effort to turn the Postal Service into a voter suppression machine is blatantly unconstitutional \u2013 yet his MAGA Supreme Court is refusing to stop it from going forward,\u201d Schumer posted on X. \u201cTrump\u2019s malicious effort to stop mail-in voting is nothing but election interference in broad daylight.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s a disgrace that the highest court in the nation is allowing Trump to put a dagger into the heart of our democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s effort to turn the Postal Service into a voter suppression machine is blatantly unconstitutional \u2013 yet his MAGA Supreme Court is refusing to stop it\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hDu16qD7Wd\">https:\/\/t.co\/hDu16qD7Wd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/2092012669457072628?\">August 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/24\/us-news\/supreme-court-clears-the-way-for-trump-mail-voting-order-in-advance-of-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> New York Post<\/a> reported that Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James, who was part of the lawsuit, vowed that the \u201cfight is far from over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis decision is a painful setback, but it will not be the final word,\u201d James said in a statement. \u201cThe right to vote is sacred, and no administration should be allowed to put that right in jeopardy by making it harder for eligible voters to cast their ballots.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Supreme Court\u2019s decision to strike down access to mail-in voting is a painful setback, but it won\u2019t be the final word.<\/p>\n<p>The right to vote is sacred, and no administration should be able to put that right in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re exploring our legal options.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P7NrfLUSxO\">https:\/\/t.co\/P7NrfLUSxO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewYorkStateAG\/status\/2092000086939103351?\">August 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The United States Postal Service published a rule on Friday requiring states to provide it with lists of voters who received mail-in ballots at least 60 days before the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Post noted that about 30 percent of all ballots cast in the 2024 presidential election were by mail, based on data reviewed by the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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