Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration's Mail Voting Restrictions

For the second time, a federal judge has halted the Trump administration's effort to restrict mail-in voting, placing the judiciary once again between executive ambition and the ballot box. The ruling preserves, at least temporarily, a method of voting that millions of Americans — among them the elderly, the disabled, and those in remote communities — depend upon to make their voices heard. Courts have now twice found reason to pause this policy, suggesting that the legal foundation beneath it remains contested ground. The case moves forward into appeal, carrying with it a question as old as d