{ "id": 7545281, "title": "US Supreme Court blocks Trump mail-in ballot restrictions", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/us-supreme-court-blocks-trump-mail-in-ballot-restrictions-7545281", "topic": "world", "section": "World", "published": "2026-09-15T12:07:03.000Z", "source": { "name": "The Korea Times", "slug": "the-korea-times", "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260915/us-supreme-court-blocks-trump-mail-in-ballot-restrictions" }, "original_language": "en", "account": "On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's efforts to impose stricter restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections. Out of the six conservative justices on the nine-member panel, only two dissented. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who concurred with the majority, stated that while Trump's plan might be legally enforceable in the long term, state and local election officials lacked the necessary time to implement the rule before the elections.\n\nFollowing the ruling, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer expressed his opinion that the president's plan to make voting more difficult was unconstitutional. He emphasized that the court had no choice but to make the right decision. In the House, Representative Hakeem Jeffries described the court's action as blocking Trump's \"diabolical scheme\" to restrict mail-in ballots, stating that democracy had won and far-right extremists had lost.\n\nIn some states, such as North Carolina, mail-in ballots have already been sent to voters. Trump had signed an executive order imposing these restrictions on mail-in voting.", "summary": "WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a major blow Monday to President Donald Trump's attempts to restrict mail-in voting before the November midterm elections, denying his request to lift an order halting the divisive plan. Only two of the six conservative justices on the nine-member panel offered a dissent. 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