La US Supreme Court rejected the restrictions that Donald Trump wanted to impose on postal voteIn one of the most significant cases addressed in recent years, the highest American court has inflicted a hard defeat to the President of the United States. Only two conservative justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, expressed a dissenting opinion.
US Supreme Court: Trump suffers heavy defeat
In its brief ruling, the Court said it was “unlikely that the administration will succeed on the merits of its challenge” to the procedure introduced and blocked by two lower courts. to require states to compile a list of all voters who are to receive mail-in ballotsThe Trump administration had presented the proposal as a "minor" change to postal regulations, aimed at preventing alleged fraud. However, the two courts that struck it down ruled that the initiative was aunconstitutional acquisition of power which the Postal Service was not even fully capable of implementing.
USA, Trump heads towards the midterm elections
The measure would have imposed a series of new requirements on states for mailing ballots to voters. Such significant changes come just weeks after the midterm elections would most likely have caused significant problems, and supporters of mail-in voting feared that casting their ballots would be much more difficult for millions of Americans. Traditionally, it is mostly Democratic voters who use this system.. The time available to implement the law was now short: the North Carolina had begun mailing out ballots on September 4, and other states will do so this week. Trump, despite voting by mail, has repeatedly criticized the widespread use of mail-in ballots, arguing that it is characterized by widespread fraud.
