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The Justice Department argues the lawsuits are premature, while voting rights groups say the order exceeds federal authority over elections.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T20:46:42.161Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-12T20:38:49.779Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-12T20:46:42.161Z","readTime":"5 min read","scores":{"trust":78,"critic":95,"hype":15,"notes":{"trust":"Trust 78: multiple named sources (Judge Talwani, DOJ) and documents (court filing) across independent outlets raise corroboration.","critic":"Critic 95: explains relevance, includes direct quote from Solicitor General, provides specific dates and names, and outlines next steps.","hype":"Hype 15: language is measured with no sensational adjectives or clickbait framing."}},"tags":["#USMidterms2026","#MailInVoting","#SupremeCourt","#TrumpAdministration","#ElectionLaw"],"entities":["Donald Trump","U.S. Supreme Court","Indira Talwani","U.S. Department of Justice","U.S. Postal Service","American Civil Liberties Union"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["The Trump administration filed an emergency request with the U.S. Supreme Court on 12 August 2026 to lift a nationwide injunction blocking its executive order on mail-in ballots.","U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani expanded her earlier injunction from 23 states to all 50 on 11 August, ruling that the federal government lacks authority to regulate elections.","The order directs the Postal Service to deliver ballots only to voters on state-approved lists and requires the Justice Department to prioritise prosecutions of officials who issue ballots to ineligible voters.","The Supreme Court has not yet responded to the request, which follows a separate filing in June over the same order."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a nationwide injunction blocking an executive order that restricts mail-in ballots. The request, filed by the Justice Department on 12 August 2026, follows a decision by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani the day before. Talwani ruled that the federal government does not have the authority to regulate elections, a power the U.S. Constitution reserves for individual states."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The executive order, signed by President Donald Trump in March 2026, directs the Department of Homeland Security to compile a list of eligible voters for each state and requires the U.S. Postal Service to deliver ballots only to those on state-approved mail-in lists. It also instructs the Justice Department to prioritise investigations and prosecutions of state and local election officials who issue ballots to people deemed ineligible. The administration argues that the lawsuits challenging the order are premature because no concrete actions have been taken against the plaintiffs."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Talwani’s decision on 11 August expanded an earlier injunction she issued in June, which blocked the order in 23 states and Washington, D.C. The case was brought by voting rights groups represented by the American Civil Liberties Union. The Supreme Court has not yet responded to the administration’s request to lift the June injunction or the expanded ruling."},{"type":"pullquote","text":"The executive branch of the federal government had no authority to regulate elections, a responsibility that the U.S. Constitution assigns to individual states.","author":"Indira Talwani, U.S. District Judge"},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left-rated digests mentioned the specific provisions of the executive order, such as the requirement for the Postal Service to deliver ballots only to state-approved lists or the directive for the Justice Department to prioritise prosecutions of election officials. The right-rated digest did not mention the judge’s ruling or the nationwide scope of the injunction. 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