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SCOTUS rejected the Trump administration's request to overturn lower court orders blocking new mail voting rules. Justice Kavanaugh sided with the three liberal justices while Alito and Thomas dissented.
The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's request to overturn lower court orders that blocked new restrictions on mail voting. Justice Kavanaugh sided with the court's three liberal justices, meaning the vote split 4-3 (with the other two justices not participating). The dissenters—Alito and Thomas—would have allowed the restrictions to proceed.
This is the second time SCOTUS has blocked these particular rules. The first rejection came early in the litigation; this one comes as the administration tried again. What matters here is that Kavanaugh didn't flip. He could have sided with his more conservative colleagues, but instead joined the liberals. That's a significant crack in the conservative majority on an election-related issue—and it suggests at least one justice sees a problem with the restrictions themselves, not just procedural timing.
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