Weeks before the 2026 midterm elections, the United States Supreme Court declined to revive a Trump administration rule that would have imposed new federal controls on mail-in ballot handling — a practice millions of Americans depend on to exercise their franchise. The conservative-majority court found the administration unlikely to prevail on the legal merits, leaving a lower court's block in place and preserving, for now, the mail voting systems already in motion across the country. The ruling is a reminder that the machinery of democracy is contested terrain, and that the courts remain one
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.