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They argue the rule and a related executive order unconstitutionally infringe on Congress's authority over federal elections.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-09-08T23:05:12.453Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-08T22:45:12.451Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-08T23:05:12.453Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":42,"critic":60,"hype":20,"notes":{"trust":"Central claim attributed to named lawmakers and their filing; one full report and 18 digests.","critic":"Reporting is clear and holds together; quotes from lawmakers and the filing are included.","hype":"Headlines and content are measured, with no sensationalism or manufactured urgency."}},"tags":["#MailInVoting","#SupremeCourt","#Elections","#USPS","#Congress"],"entities":["US Supreme Court","United States Postal Service","Donald Trump","Chuck Schumer","Alex Padilla"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["More than 250 current and former members of Congress submitted an amicus brief to the US Supreme Court.","The brief argues a USPS rule on mail-in voting and a related executive order unconstitutionally infringe on Congress's authority.","Lawmakers are urging the Supreme Court to deny a request to pause a judge's ruling that blocks parts of the USPS rule.","The filing was submitted shortly before a deadline for new filings and as the Department of Justice argued against blocking the rule."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"More than 250 current and former members of the US Congress have filed a brief with the Supreme Court. The filing argues that a United States Postal Service rule concerning mail-in voting, along with a related executive order, unconstitutionally oversteps Congress's authority in federal elections. The lawmakers are asking the Supreme Court to reject a request to temporarily halt a lower court's decision that blocks parts of the USPS rule."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The brief was submitted just before a deadline for new filings. It comes as the Department of Justice is arguing in a lower court against a preliminary injunction that is preventing the USPS rule from being enforced. The lawmakers contend that the executive order and the USPS rule unlawfully direct federal agencies to act beyond their authorized powers and in conflict with congressional law."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on the rule's impact"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The filing states that the USPS rule \"unconstitutionally imposes mail-ballot requirements on the states, and that the final rule unconstitutionally bars noncompliant state and local election officials from using USPS to mail ballots at all.\" The Department of Justice, however, argued to a lower court that the policy is \"modest\" and lawful, according to Common Dreams."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left-rated digests mention the Department of Justice's argument that the USPS rule is \"modest\" and lawful. The unrated digests also do not include this detail. 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