Gavin Newsom vows revenge on Supreme Court after mail-in ballot ruling

Gavin Newsom has vowed to fight the Supreme Court after it cleared the way for President Donald Trump to continue pursuing new restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of the midterms.The California governor said in a statement late Monday he will launch another lawsuit against the federal government to try to block what he claimed were “Orwellian rules.”The Supreme Court’s 6–3 decision was a major victory for Trump, with the justices lifting a lower-court injunction that had prevented federal agencies from moving forward with key portions of his order.The case involves the president’s March executive order directing the DHS to compile state-by-state lists of citizens who are at least 18 and eligible to vote in federal elections.The order also directed the US Postal Service to pursue new rules involving the processing of mail ballots.Newsom said: “The Supreme Court just let the Trump administration move ahead (for now) with its plan to disenfranchise voters across the country.California will be suing AGAIN to block these Orwellian rules from being implemented.”California Attorney General Rob Bonta, whose office is leading the legal challenge against the Trump administration, said Monday the state intends to challenge the federal actions as they are put into effect.He said: “Today, the US Supreme Court opened the door for the Trump Administration to try to make it harder for Americans to vote.

But today’s decision was not a ruling on the merits, and this fight is far from over.“We will continue to use every legal tool at our disposal to fight back against unlawful federal overreach whenever it occurs,” he added.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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