SCOTUS Allows Trump Admin to Move Forward With Executive Order Restricting Mail-In Ballots

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Trump's executive order limiting mail-in voting, just 71 days before midterm elections on November 3. In a 6-3 decision, the Court paused a federal judge's order blocking key parts of Trump's election executive order. The ruling did not determine whether the policy itself is lawful. Instead, the Court found that the 23 Democrat-run states and Washington, D.C. who challenged it "sought relief...too early through speculative claims," according to SCOTUS Wire. The executive order directs federal agencies to create lists of eligible voters and requires the USPS to distribute ballots only to approved individuals. An Obama-appointed judge had previously approved blocking the measure in July. The Trump administration now has the opportunity to implement the policy before the midterm elections, though a separate nationwide injunction remains in effect in a different case related to USPS mail-ballot rules.