Published August 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM ET · Updated August 11, 2026 at 8:07 PM ET
Judge expands block on parts of Trump's mail-in voting executive order
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A federal judge expanded a nationwide block on key parts of President Trump's executive order on mail-in voting. The ruling prevents the US Postal Service from implementing restrictions on mail-in voting.
Patriot Watch first flagged this story 21 hr ago, when American Thinker reported it. Coverage has since grown to 6 independent outlets, including 4 wire/mainstream feeds. The most recent report came 2 hr ago from The Gateway Pundit.
⚖ The Constitutional Angle
Under Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, mail-in voting rules face Anderson/Burdick balancing: voter burden weighed against government justifications. That case upheld Indiana's voter-ID law because the burdens were modest and the state's fraud and confidence interests were sufficient without proof of actual fraud. A court blocking these postal restrictions concluded the balance tips against them.
Crawford v. Marion County Election Board 553 U.S. 181 (2008)
Vote: 6-3 judgment: the six affirming Justices split 3 (Stevens lead) + 3 (Scalia concurrence… · Opinion: Justice Stevens (announced the judgment; lead/plurality opinion)
Indiana's photo-ID law (SEA 483) survives a facial constitutional challenge. Applying the Anderson/Burdick balancing framework, the lead opinion found the statute's broadly applicable burdens limited (free state ID cards; provisional-ballot cure), the record insufficient to quantify a severe burden on any class of voters, and the State's interests — deterring and detecting fraud, election modernization, and protecting public confidence in elections — sufficiently weighty even though the record contained no evidence of in-person impersonation fraud actually occurring in Indiana.
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