Supreme Court lifts one of two injunctions on Trump's mail-voting order; New York is a plaintiff and Hochul says the fight continues

On Aug. 24 the U.S. Supreme Court, in an unsigned order splitting along ideological lines, lifted Judge Indira Talwani's June injunction against key provisions of President Trump's March 31 executive order restricting mail voting. New York is one of the 24 jurisdictions (23 states plus D.C.) whose attorneys general and governors brought that suit. The majority addressed only whether the injunction was premature, writing that its ruling "does not mean that any measure taken by the government to implement the order will necessarily be lawful." Justice Jackson dissented, warning of a "Kafkaesque nightmare"; Justices Sotomayor and Kagan dissented separately. A second injunction issued Aug. 11 in the League of Women Voters case still applies nationwide, so the order remains blocked for now. If implemented, it would require states to send the federal government lists of voters receiving mail ballots, with USPS declining delivery in states that do not comply.

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