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paleotn

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25. Blocked by Federal Court judge last week.

Mon Jun 29, 2026, 11:38 AM

14 hrs ago

In short, "Your job is to deliver the damn mail. Nothing else."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/25/judge-blocks-trump-bid-restrict-mail-ballots
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/25/trump-executive-order-mail-voting-blocked-00975844

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Age related retirement would be fine, except for one thing. ShazzieB 1 hr ago #48

Ketchup will be flying... SheltieLover 15 hrs ago #3

It appears that Amy Coney Barret has become the deciding vote on this Supreme Court. kentuck 15 hrs ago #5

Does this ruling shoot down the proposed SAVE Act... kentuck 15 hrs ago #6

No Sympthsical 15 hrs ago #8

But this is the law until Congress votes to change it? kentuck 15 hrs ago #12

Yes, this is law until Congress passes new law that changes it. In It to Win It 15 hrs ago #16

Congress can still try to change those laws. Ms. Toad 15 hrs ago #13

Yeah, the SAVE Act would absolutely end up in front of the Court Sympthsical 14 hrs ago #19

Would that require homegirl 14 hrs ago #20

Currently the SAVE act is being blocked by the Senate, Ms. Toad 14 hrs ago #26

But what about the post office refusing to mail ballots in states that don't supply dump with the voter lists CurtEastPoint 15 hrs ago #9

I believe this is being challenged PatSeg 15 hrs ago #11

Blocked by Federal Court judge last week. paleotn 14 hrs ago #25

AMAZING! Thanks! CurtEastPoint 14 hrs ago #35

WTF. This should be a fucking no brainer since the vote was cast during an election. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 15 hrs ago #14

Some areas keep the post office open until midnight MichMan 14 hrs ago #30

Wow, a rare SCOTUS decision not in favor of the Murdoch Ministry Of Propaganda! What's next? Initech 15 hrs ago #15

A good ruling MustLoveBeagles 14 hrs ago #37

Well, we got to take whatever wins we can get! Initech 13 hrs ago #38

I'm in agreement MustLoveBeagles 13 hrs ago #40

I'm going to guess they pull nonsense on birthright citizenship EnergizedLib 15 hrs ago #17

State CAN count them or MUST count them? Blumancru 14 hrs ago #18

It depends on state laws MichMan 14 hrs ago #22

It's important that blue voters in states that DON'T allow those delivered after the election day are aware of this. RockCreek 8 hrs ago #47

Just 'forget' to postmark ones in blue districts... kirby 14 hrs ago #21

Or someone will come up with their own copy of a postmark. MichMan 14 hrs ago #23

But will the post office post mark them? yellowcanine 14 hrs ago #24

Good malaise 14 hrs ago #27

Bottom line MoseShrute 14 hrs ago #28

This jives with contract law - postmark dates a contract bucolic_frolic 14 hrs ago #29

This would have been a no brainer to probably every other Supreme Court. crud 14 hrs ago #31

That 2000 election, popsdenver 13 hrs ago #41

The Extreme Court has the "shadow docket" Soul_of_Wit 13 hrs ago #43

Why would anyone wait until election day to use a mail in ballot? MichMan 14 hrs ago #32

The undersranding used to be because it would be counted and also because things change dramatically (esp in primaries) SSJVegeta 14 hrs ago #34

An actual example usage of "procrastinate" from Merriam-Webster.com Soul_of_Wit 13 hrs ago #39

Barrett has been the most democratic member of the anti-democracy court SSJVegeta 14 hrs ago #33

Barrett just told the GOP how to change federal law Raven123 14 hrs ago #36

Just more evidence to me the Supreme Court must be expanded standingtall 13 hrs ago #42

Scotland ABC123Easy 12 hrs ago #45