On September 14, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court in United States Postal Service, et al v. State of California, et al, upheld the nationwide preliminary injunction that prohibited the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from implementing its regulations to ensure that only mail-in ballots from live citizens who are registered to vote are counted in the Mid-Term election in November.
The unsigned opinion provided “The Government is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge to the District Court’s preliminary injunction. And the equitable factors applicable for obtaining emergency relief from this Court do not favor a stay.”
It is unsettling that the Supreme Court used just 35-words centering on “equitable factors” rather than on legal ones.