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On August 24, 2026, a divided Supreme Court (6-3, split along ideological lines) lifted a Massachusetts federal judge's injunction that had blocked parts of Trump's March executive order restricting mail ballots — the provisions creating a federal eligible-voter list and directing USPS to deliver ballots only to people on it. The Court also granted a similar request in a companion case brought by Alabama and other states.
What "win" leaves out: this was an unsigned, procedural ruling on whether the lower court's injunction was premature — not a ruling that the order is lawful. Justice Sotomayor, in dissent with Kagan, wrote pointedly that the decision doesn't address whether Trump's attempts to interfere with states' 2026 election administration are lawful, and Justice Jackson noted the Court hasn't said when a state challenge to the order would actually be ripe. Separately, NPR reports a second injunction is still in place, and USPS work on implementing the order remains blocked nationwide for now.
Practically, the administration's own Solicitor General told the Court in July there may not be enough time to stand up a new national voter list before ballots go out in some states, which begin mailing weeks before Election Day. States that sued, including New York and California, have said they'll keep litigating. So: a real legal win for Trump, but an interim one on a narrow procedural question, with the underlying restrictions still tied up in court and only partly unblocked.
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