Appeals court rejects Trump bid to curb mail-in voting in 23 states

But Talwani, in siding with a coalition of 23 states and ​the District of Columbia that was led ‌by California, Massachusetts, Nevada and ​Washington state, said the president lacked ​any authority to direct DHS to compile voter eligibility lists for each state to use and that USPS had no statutory authorization to adopt any binding regulations on mail-in voting. 

The judge, who was appointed by Barack Obama, said Trump also could not attempt through his order “to intimidate local election officials to use the necessarily incomplete confirmed citizenship lists as a resource, lest they face criminal prosecution”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/court-rejects-trump-mail-in-voting

 

Rep. Raskin will force GOP to take a stand against Trump’s ‘MAGA millionaire slush fund

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Judge blocks Trump order demanding Postal Service restrict mail voting - POLITICO

The agency, charged with delivering parcels to every address in the nation, neither possesses the constitutional authority to administer elections — a responsibility delegated to the states — nor has it been granted power by Congress to create binding regulations on voting by mail, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani stated in the decision...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/25/trump-executive-order-mail-voting-blocked-00975844

Rep. Stevens, Congressional Dems fight plans to allow mailing of handguns

That practice had already been illegal for nearly a century. But the U.S. Department of Justice found the old law to be unconstitutional in an opinion released earlier this year. 

U.S. Representative Haley Stevens (D, MI-11) sponsors the bill to bring back the ban. She said the law isn’t something the executive branch can just get rid of...

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-05-22/rep-stevens-congressional-dems-fight-plans-to-allow-mailing-of-handguns