Weeks before Americans cast midterm ballots, the Supreme Court declined to revive President Trump's executive order tightening mail-in voting rules — a quiet but consequential ruling that places the integrity of ballot access above the administration's fraud-prevention claims. The unsigned order, notable for drawing Justice Kavanaugh away from the administration that appointed him, signals that the court finds the policy unlikely to survive legal scrutiny. In a democracy where the mechanics of voting are themselves contested terrain, the decision affirms that access to the ballot remains a thr
Supreme Court blocks Trump's mail-in ballot restrictions before midterms
Potential disenfranchisement of voters who rely on mail-in voting, particularly in Democratic-leaning states.