Trump slams the Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots - AP News

President Donald Trump issued a forceful response on social media after the United States Supreme Court issued an emergency order rejecting a last‑minute request from his administration to impose new restrictions on mail‑in voting for the November 3 midterm elections. The Court’s brief, unsigned order, typical for emergency filings, blocked a United States Postal Service (USPS) regulation that would have required states to provide voter‑specific data and to use agency‑provided lists to determine ballot eligibility.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump described the ruling as “horrible, highly political” and accused the Court of being “bullied and cajoled by the Radical Left,” saying the decision set the country back “at least a hundred years.” He also criticized the justices who opposed his request, stating they were “not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court,” while praising the two dissenting conservative justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, as “legends.”

The administration’s push for the USPS rule was framed as a measure to tighten oversight of mail‑in ballots, but state election officials argued that there was insufficient time to implement the changes before the upcoming election and maintained that existing systems were already secure and accurate. The Supreme Court’s emergency order indicated that the proposed restrictions would likely be struck down in any full litigation concerning this year’s election.

Only Justices Alito and Thomas publicly dissented from the majority opinion, and the Court’s decision did not name any individual justices. The ruling leaves the current mail‑in voting procedures in place for the upcoming midterms.

Attorney General Todd Blanche later told reporters that the Trump administration would comply with the Supreme Court’s decision. The episode adds to a series of recent public criticisms by the former president toward the Court, which he has also condemned for rulings on birthright citizenship and unilateral tariff authority.