President Donald Trump criticized the Supreme Court after his administration’s mail-in voting restrictions were blocked, calling the decision a “big loss” for Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Trump Slams Supreme Court Mail-In Voting Ruling
On Tuesday, Trump said on Truth Social that Republicans had received “another bad decision” from the Supreme Court, accusing the judges of taking too long to issue the ruling.
He called mail-in voting a “totally CORRUPT and out of control” “disaster” and said the decision would make “cheating by the Radical Left ‘Dumocrats,’ on Mail-In Ballots” easier.
“It is a big loss for Republicans, and America itself,” Trump wrote.
He added, “The Supreme Court has really let our Country down!”
Trump praised Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, calling them “legends” and noting that they strongly disagreed with the ruling.
He also criticized three judges he appointed during his first term: Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett
writing, “These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court.”
Trump broadened his criticism to other rulings, saying the court’s decisions on tariffs and birthright citizenship were “horrible” and “destructive.”
Supreme Court Blocked USPS Ballot Rules
On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s request to immediately enforce new USPS requirements for federal election ballot mail ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Kavanaugh said implementing the rules would have been “arbitrary and capricious” because election officials lacked enough time.
Alito and Thomas dissented, with Alito arguing that USPS had broad authority to regulate mail.
Trump’s Mail-In Voting Rules
Last month, a federal judge blocked key parts of Trump’s mail-in voting overhaul, ruling that the executive branch lacked authority to regulate elections.
The ruling expanded an injunction covering 23 Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C., and prevented the administration from changing ballot-mail rules ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms.
The decision stemmed from Trump’s March executive order, which sought to tighten mail-in voting by having federal agencies help verify eligible voters and requiring absentee ballots to be sent only to voters on approved state lists.
Trump said the order was meant to ensure “voter integrity” and “honest voting.”
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