Trump calls SCOTUS mail-ballot stay denial a ‘big loss,’ criticizes his appointees
NEW · Tue. ~1:45 p.m. EDT
President Trump posted on Truth Social Tuesday blasting Monday night’s Supreme Court denial of a stay (No. 26A305) that left Judge Indira Talwani’s injunction on the USPS “Ballot Mail for Federal Elections” rule in place for the Nov. 2026 midterms. He called the unsigned order a “big loss for Republicans,” said mail-in voting is a “Nation Destroying SCAM,” praised dissenting Justices Alito and Thomas as “legends,” and said his appointees Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett are “not the people I interviewed” and “merely a shell of their original selves.” Justice Kavanaugh’s concurrence left open a fair prospect the rule is within USPS authority but said midterms implementation would be arbitrary and capricious for lack of time.
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, May 1, 2025. Official White House file photograph; not from Tuesday’s Truth Social post on the mail-ballot stay denial.
Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian / Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Center-left view
CNBC’s Tuesday write-through, CNN Politics’ “shells” wrap, and ABC News’ AP wire cast Trump’s Truth Social blast as escalating pressure on the Court after an implied 7–2 stay denial — noting his first-term appointees did not join Alito and Thomas, that roughly a third of votes are cast by mail, and that Brookings’ 2025 review found mail-ballot fraud extremely rare — while states already mailing under prior rules keep those processes for November.
Sources: CNBC · CNN Politics · ABC News / AP
Center-right view
Fox News’ Tuesday reaction report, Just the News’ “fumes” write-through, and the Washington Examiner’s White House piece frame the post as Trump backing Alito–Thomas and attacking a Court he says delayed until it was “too late” to fix mail voting — while highlighting Kavanaugh’s concurrence that the USPS rule may yet fall within statutory authority later, and Trump’s praise of the dissenters as “legends” after a stay loss he ties to midterms integrity.
Sources: Fox News · Just the News · Washington Examiner