Published January 4, 2011 at 2:31 AM ET · Updated July 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM ET
GOP states ask Supreme Court to clear Trump's mail-in ballot order
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Republican-led states urged the Supreme Court to lift a judicial block on President Trump's mail-in ballot order. The matter is before the Court under docket 25-95.
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⚖ The Constitutional Angle
Purcell v. Gonzalez held that courts must weigh the risk that last-minute changes to election rules cause voter confusion and suppress participation before acting as an election nears. That principle binds both sides here: whether to lift or maintain the block on the mail-in ballot order, the justices must weigh those same proximity harms before they decide.
Purcell v. Gonzalez 549 U.S. 1 (2006)
Vote: Per curiam; no noted dissents (Oyez records it as unanimous) · Opinion: Per curiam (unsigned)
The Ninth Circuit's injunction pending appeal is vacated. The court of appeals gave no deference to the district court's refusal to enjoin the law and offered no reasoning of its own, and it failed to weigh the imminence of the election: 'Court orders affecting elections, especially conflicting orders, can themselves result in voter confusion and consequent incentive to remain away from the polls. As an election draws closer, that risk will increase.' Courts must weigh these election-proximity harms before altering rules on the eve of voting.
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