The Supreme Court rejects Trump's mail voting restrictions for this year's midterms

BREAKING: Supreme Court rejects Trump administration's bid to enforce mail-in voting restrictions for the 2026 midterm elections, with Justice Kavanaugh calling the plan 'arbitrary and capricious'.

The Supreme Court just killed Trump's mail voting restrictions for the midterms.

The administration wanted new limits on mail-in ballots enforced before November's elections, and the justices said no. The rejection came Monday, and it wasn't a quiet one. Justice Kavanaugh, a Trump appointee, called the plan arbitrary and capricious. That's about as blunt as this court gets, and it's coming from the White House's own pick.

So the rules for 2026 stay as they are. Millions of Americans who planned to vote by mail can keep doing exactly that, and any state gearing up to tighten things on Washington's cue just lost its cover.

The bigger picture is simple. This White House tested how far it could reach into election mechanics, and its own justice reached back with a ruler. Mail voting survives the midterms untouched, and Kavanaugh's two words will follow this administration into every election case it files next.

This is Sara White, reporting for HIT.