{"id":2654283,"date":"2026-09-03T18:13:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T22:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-lift-block-on-usps-mail-ballot-rule\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T18:15:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T22:15:38","slug":"trump-asks-supreme-court-to-lift-block-on-usps-mail-ballot-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-lift-block-on-usps-mail-ballot-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump asks Supreme Court to lift block on USPS mail ballot rule"},"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\">24<\/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-asks-supreme-court-to-lift-block-on-usps-mail-ballot-rule%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=2654283&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 Trump governance petitioned the Supreme Court to lift a temporary block on a new USPS mail ballot rule, which requires ballots to have specific markings and be sent in standardized envelopes, amid the upcoming November elections. This move follows a recent Supreme Court decision that lifted a lower court\u2019s order blocking an executive USPS-related policy, though a district judge had issued a brief restraining order against the rule. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that the USPS rule is within federal authority and essential to avoid confusion as states prepare to mail ballots. The Department of Justice appealed the restraining order, citing impending mailings by states like north Carolina and Alabama. The case remains under review, with the Supreme Court requesting responses by Tuesday, and the possibility of an administrative stay to allow the rule to take effect before ballots are sent out.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"339\">Trump administration<\/a> asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to lift a block on its new mail ballot rule for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/usps\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2443\">U.S. Postal Service<\/a>, as some states prepare to send mail ballots for the November elections in mere weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late last month, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/supreme-court\/\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"11310\">Supreme Court<\/a> lifted a lower court order blocking an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >executive order instructing federal agencies<\/a> to develop policies and rules regarding <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mail-in-voting\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"9918\">mail ballots<\/a>, finding that the federal district court \u201clacked jurisdiction to bar the Government from trying to implement\u201d a rule. The ruling left open the ability for the lower court to strike down a USPS rule developed as a result of that order, which U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, did on a temporary basis last week.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4712718\/trump-asks-supreme-court-lift-block-usps-mail-ballot-rule\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump asks Supreme Court to lift block on USPS mail ballot rule<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4709505\/michigan-urges-supreme-court-proof-of-citizenship-off-ballot\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Michigan urges Supreme Court to keep proof-of-citizenship measure off ballot<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4710236\/new-jersey-prediction-markets-kalshi-supreme-court\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>New Jersey attorney general wants to bring prediction market Kalshi to Supreme Court<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4677698\/supreme-court-clears-path-trump-mail-ballot-executive-order-emergency-petition\/\">SUPREME COURT LIFTS BLOCK ON TRUMP\u2019S MAIL-IN BALLOT EXECUTIVE ORDER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Solicitor General D. John Sauer urged the high court to lift the order blocking the USPS rule, arguing that it is within the federal government\u2019s authority because it involves managing USPS rather than impeding on the states\u2019 authority to conduct elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Rule\u2019s regulation of the U.S. Mail\u2014not federal elections\u2014is plainly constitutional. While the States have primary authority to regulate the manner of elections, they cannot choose to use the federal mails to carry out their elections but then insist that their election-related mail is somehow exempt from the Postal Service\u2019s rulemaking authority, conferred by Congress, to regulate envelope design and addressee information,\u201d Sauer wrote, urging the justices to allow the rule to take effect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNeither the statutes nor the Constitution contains or compels any such carveout from this type of core regulation of the use of federal mails,\u201d Sauer added. \u201cThe district court\u2019s baseless order also imposes serious irreparable harm on the federal government, the States themselves, and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"195\">voting<\/a> public.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The USPS rule would require mail-in ballots to bear Election Mail markings and be sent in automation-compatible envelopes with unique Intelligent Mail barcodes. Election officials would submit voters\u2019 names, addresses, and corresponding barcode information through a federal portal. Talwani issued a temporary restraining order blocking the rule through Sept. 10 and appeared poised to extend the order or convert it into a preliminary injunction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"438\">Department of Justice <\/a>appealed Talwani\u2019s ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, but the appeals court has yet to rule on the appeal. Sauer argued that, with states beginning to mail ballots in the coming weeks, an order lifting the block on the USPS rule is needed as soon as possible to prevent confusion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEven before September 10, two States\u2014North Carolina and Alabama\u2014will begin sending ballots to voters, the first as soon as September 4. Once those ballot envelopes enter the mail-stream, there is no retrieving them; ordinary appellate review thus \u2018would come too late\u2019 to cover those ballots,\u201d Sauer wrote, discussing the looming deadlines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4712037\/judge-ready-extend-block-mail-in-ballot-rule\/\">JUDGE APPEARS READY TO EXTEND BLOCK ON USPS MAIL-IN BALLOT RULE: \u2018I\u2019M NOT THE FINAL WORD\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith respect to the November <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11675\">2026 election<\/a>, the order thus partially nullifies the Postal Service\u2019s efforts to address the risk that the federal mails will be used to perpetrate voter fraud\u2014a particularly pernicious species of fraud that dilutes the votes of lawful voters, prevents election results from reflecting the will of the American people, and undermines \u2018public confidence in the integrity of the electoral process,&#8217;\u201d Sauer added, warning of potential confusion if the order is not lifted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The high court requested a response by Tuesday at 10 a.m., with a ruling on the petition not expected until then. The Supreme Court could issue an administrative stay at any time, halting the lower court\u2019s order while the justices weigh the emergency petition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump asks Supreme Court to lift USPS mail ballot block<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2654284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26246568757782.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[33739,37707,32275,3634,11330],"class_list":["post-2654283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-election-law","tag-mail-ballots","tag-supreme-court","tag-trump","tag-usps"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26246568757782.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2654283"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2654287,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654283\/revisions\/2654287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2654284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2654283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2654283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2654283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}