Mail-voting crackdown moves ahead as Trump court win opens door to federal action
The next phase of President Donald Trump’s effort to change America’s mail-in-voting system is taking shape after the Supreme Court issued a largely favorable ruling for the White House in a challenge to Trump's mail-in ballot restrictions.Former White House deputy counsel Gene Hamilton said federal agencies such as the Postal Service can now move forward with parts of Trump’s election-integrity order, including new ballot-mail standards and efforts involving state citizenship lists, as opposing states wait to see which concrete federal actions could form the basis of new lawsuits."It’s really interesting what the court did [and] it’s actually exactly what you would expect the court to do," Hamilton told Fox News Digital.TRUMP SCORES SUPREME COURT WIN ON MAIL-IN VOTING RESTRICTIONS BEFORE MIDTERMSProtesters demonstrate in front of the home of then-Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over mail-in balloting concerns.(Eric Lee/Getty Images)Hamilton said that when Trump directed USPS, DHS and DOJ to prepare for the new protocols, several states immediately claimed harm, but the court’s majority rejected their challenge.Originally, a Boston federal judge agreed with them, but the Supreme Court effectively said "you can’t enjoin [the feds] from thinking" — in Hamilton’s words — because no action had taken place yet.JACKSON RIPS INTO SUPREME COURT COLLEAGUES' 'SERIOUS LEGAL ERROR' ON TRUMP MAIL-IN VOTING ORDERUS President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
Trump signed an executive order Tuesday intended to make it harder for voters to cast mail-in ballots, escalating his long-running campaign against a practice used by millions of Americans.(Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)"It reminds the American people … just because something might happen in the future [it] doesn't mean that you're actually harmed today, and that's really the crux of wha...