A federal appeals court has reinstated a lower court’s injunction halting the Trump administration’s new rules targeting mail-in voting, while the Supreme Court reviews the case. The three-judge panel of the 1st Circuit agreed with a district judge’s order preventing the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing the disputed policies, which had been set to take effect amid ongoing legal challenges. The decision keeps in place restrictions that had already been paused, leaving the fate of the rules in the hands of the nation’s highest court. Voting rights advocates and election officials may face continued uncertainty as the legal battle plays out.
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a block on the Trump administration’s restrictions on mail-in voting, as the Supreme Court considers the case. Three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit concurred with U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, who last week blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing President Trump’s...
