Lawmakers urge Supreme Court to block USPS mail-in voting rule
More than 250 current and former members of Congress filed a brief arguing the rule infringes on Congress's election authority.
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What this story says
- 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.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 17 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 2 of the 19 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
60/100
Hype
20/100
19 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
None of the 17 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
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.
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.
Disagreement on the rule's impact
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.
What the coverage left out
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. The full report from Common Dreams mentions this argument in the context of the DOJ fighting a preliminary injunction.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 3 times, most recently on 8 Sept 2026, 23:45, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
17 rated outlets
- Reports from left-rated outlets focused on the number of lawmakers involved, identifying them as current and former members of Congress. These reports highlighted the argument that the USPS rule and President Trump's executive order unconstitutionally infringe on Congress's authority over federal elections. The filings were described as urging the Supreme Court to block Trump's "attack on mail voting" or a "constitutional power grab." Several reports quoted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who stated that Trump was "asking the highest court in the land to silence voters and destroy the precious integrity of the American electoral process." Senator Alex Padilla was also quoted, saying, "The law is clear: States and Congress have authority over our elections, not the president and certainly not the Postal Service."
Centre
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated centre has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Right
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Lawmakers urge Supreme Court to block USPS mail-in voting rule?
- Of the 17 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 100% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 19. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Lawmakers urge Supreme Court to block USPS mail-in voting rule left or right?
- The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 100% of the 17 rated outlets on it are rated left — so far this is a story carried mostly by the left. Coverage is still arriving and that can change, which is why the figure is dated rather than fixed.
- Is the coverage of Lawmakers urge Supreme Court to block USPS mail-in voting rule biased?
- Lawmakers urge Supreme Court to block USPS mail-in voting rule is one event reported by 19 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Lawmakers urge Supreme Court to block USPS mail-in voting rule?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Lawmakers urge Supreme Court to block USPS mail-in voting rule?
- 19 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- How many lawmakers filed a brief with the Supreme Court?
- More than 250 current and former members of Congress submitted an amicus brief to the US Supreme Court. The brief argues that a USPS rule on mail-in voting and a related executive order unconstitutionally infringe on Congress's authority over federal elections.
- What is the main argument of the lawmakers' brief?
- The lawmakers argue that the USPS rule and President Trump's executive order unconstitutionally infringe on Congress's authority over federal elections. They are urging the Supreme Court to deny a request to pause a judge's ruling that blocks parts of the USPS rule.
- Did any centre or right-rated outlets cover this story?
- No centre or right-rated outlets covered this story among the reports provided. All 19 outlets that ran the story were rated as left-leaning or unrated.
Read it at the source
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Left
17- Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court (opens Iowa Capital Dispatch in a new tab)
Iowa Capital Dispatch — is Iowa Capital Dispatch biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court (opens Nebraska Examiner in a new tab)
Nebraska Examiner — is Nebraska Examiner biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court (opens South Dakota Searchlight in a new tab)
South Dakota Searchlight — is South Dakota Searchlight biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court (opens Georgia Recorder in a new tab)
Georgia Recorder — is Georgia Recorder biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court (opens Kansas Reflector in a new tab)
Kansas Reflector — is Kansas Reflector biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court (opens Colorado Newsline in a new tab)
Colorado Newsline — is Colorado Newsline biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 250+ Current, Former Lawmakers Urge Supreme Court to Block Trump Attack on Mail Voting (opens Common Dreams in a new tab)
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- Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court (opens Oregon Capital Chronicle in a new tab)
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- Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court (opens Daily Montanan in a new tab)
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- Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court (opens Louisiana Illuminator in a new tab)
Louisiana Illuminator — is Louisiana Illuminator biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court (opens mainemorningstar.com in a new tab)
mainemorningstar.com — is mainemorningstar.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court (opens Virginia Mercury in a new tab)
Virginia Mercury — is Virginia Mercury biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court (opens Arizona Mirror in a new tab)
Arizona Mirror — is Arizona Mirror biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court (opens Utah News Dispatch in a new tab)
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- Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court (opens Source New Mexico in a new tab)
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- Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court • Rhode Island Current (opens rhodeislandcurrent.com in a new tab)
rhodeislandcurrent.com — is rhodeislandcurrent.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court (opens New Hampshire Bulletin in a new tab)
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Centre
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Right
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Not rated
2- Massachusetts Sen. Markey Warns of Constitutional Power Grab, Will Fight Trump’s Mail-Ballot Order at the Supreme Court (opens New Bedford Guide in a new tab)
New Bedford Guide — is New Bedford Guide biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Padilla, Schumer Lead All Senate Democrats to Urge Supreme Court to Block Postal Service Rule Limiting Mail-In Voting (opens randomlengthsnews.com in a new tab)
randomlengthsnews.com — is randomlengthsnews.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
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