Supreme Court flays Centre for challenging pension to disabled soldiers, junks 270 appeals

The Supreme Court recently struck down President Donald Trump's plan to undermine voting by mail in the upcoming midterms. The decision, in United States Postal Service v. California, effectively ends Trump's attempt to sabotage the voting process. If successful, his attack would have given Republicans a significant advantage in the midterms, as Democrats tend to vote more frequently by mail than Republicans in recent elections.

The Court's ruling is a significant victory, as Trump did not just lose the case; the brief order also establishes that he exceeded his authority and cannot implement such measures on voting by mail under any circumstances. This decision marks the second time in less than a week that the Supreme Court has halted a Republican Party effort to manipulate the 2026 midterms in their favor.

In a recent ruling, the Court mandated that Missouri adhere to congressional maps used in 2024 rather than new maps that would likely lead to a Republican-majority. The Court, composed of six Republican-appointed justices, is often unafraid to use its power to benefit the GOP and its leaders. This shift in the Court's composition and the nature of cases it considers can be attributed to changing dynamics, such as a reluctance from liberals and Democrats to bring lawsuits based on legal theories that right-leaning judges are unlikely to accept.

Additionally, Republicans have become more brazen in bringing cases that would be dismissed by a less favorable bench. Furthermore, red-state lawmakers have been willing to risk enacting laws that would be deemed unconstitutional by a less Republican-friendly court. The USPS decision suggests that there are limits to what the Court will tolerate, as even this Republican-majority Court pushed back against Trump's extreme attempts to manipulate the electoral process.