As Twitchy reported on Monday, the Supreme Court cleared the way for President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting ahead of the midterms. The executive order, "Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections," included several measures to protect election integrity. For one, the Department of Homeland Security would reference federal databases to create state-by-state lists of verified citizens eligible to vote in federal elections. It also instructed the Postal Service to adopt ballot-tracking mechanisms and identifiers for mail-in ballot envelopes. Several big-name Democrats were triggered, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that his state would sue again to block "Trump’s attack on mail-in voting."
On Wednesday, Judge Indira Talwani ruled that the Postal Service had violated her block on the mail-in ballot security rules.
SCOTUS just cleared the path for Trump’s mail ballot security rules.
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) August 25, 2026
Less than 24 hours later, Obama-appointed Judge Indira Talwani is back at it.
She just ruled that the U.S. Postal Service “feigned complete compliance” and violated her injunction by finalizing the new rules.… pic.twitter.com/BF5oRXw5Br
The post continues:
… Same judge. Same playbook. Different day.
The Supreme Court speaks. A district judge digs in harder.
This is exactly why Americans have lost trust in the system.
Secure elections shouldn’t be this hard.
Time to start naming names and holding these activist judges accountable.
Now, on Thursday, Talwani has lifted her injunction.
🚨 BREAKING — IT'S OFFICIAL: Activist Obama Judge Indira Talwani has reluctantly LIFTED her injunction that blocked President Trump's mail-in ballot restriction order from going into effect
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 26, 2026
USPS can now ONLY mail ballots to LEGAL voters verified by DHS and SSA🔥
Thanks, SCOTUS! pic.twitter.com/JzDxBQTepl
🚨 BREAKING THE ACTIVIST JUDGE HAS CONCEDED DEFEAT!
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 26, 2026
Judge Indira Talwani just *LIFTED* her egregious injunction against President Trump’s U.S. Postal Service mail-in ballot rules for the midterms — saying she has NO CHOICE after the Supreme Court put her in her place
LFG 🔥🔥🔥… pic.twitter.com/WCzMvFsNSe
Axios reports:
A federal judge removed a nationwide ban on President Trump's sweeping mail-in voting policy Wednesday after the Supreme Court cleared the way earlier this week.
The big picture: The decision removes the last major legal obstacle to the administration's plan, though it does not end the court challenges over the embattled rule.
Driving the news: Citing the Supreme Court's Monday decision in a separate case, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani vacated her August preliminary injunction.
- Her order was without prejudice. That means plaintiffs can amend their complaint and seek a new injunction now that the Postal Service has issued its final rule.
After defying the Supreme Court's Monday ruling on Wednesday, Talwani determined on Thursday that it was "likely that the Supreme Court would apply the same reasoning" to her nationwide injunction.
Great, but how are they going to enforce this? I imagine some states, like mine, will fight it, tooth and nail 😭
— Relentless Chatterbox (@rhymeswmascara) August 26, 2026
Yep.
Except you're forgetting the part where new lawsuits have either already been filed, or are in the process of being filed. And now that the conditions the SCOTUS set in their other order have been met, the lawsuits have a much easier time of moving through the courts.
— rob kabus (@dematar) August 26, 2026
It's not a 100 percent win yet.
Dude.... it just reads they have to amend their complaint, and then she is going to reissue the injunction. She literally is telegraphing to the Plaintiff's what they have to do in order for her to just do the same thing all over.
— Ken Jacobson (@Ken_Jacobson_) August 26, 2026
I like this but y’all are missing… the stay may come back after the plaintiffs sort out the procedural standing issue… BUT ‘tis many a slip twixt cup and lip… might be some legal maneuvering to keep it down… this has multiple levels to it
— Jim Walker (@Walker47030Jim) August 26, 2026
Apparently Colorado didn't get the memo ...
— Julia Morgan (@Julia_Morgan3) August 26, 2026
When can we see arrests here? https://t.co/O4pcVu9T4v
Just remember a lot of dead people are still collecting Social Security checks and there’s a lot of dead people voting still on the rolls and being added back back onto it. They need to cross reference things.
— Canderson (@Canderson6163) August 26, 2026
This should have the effect of forcing the blue states to send voter data for verification, right?
— Code Monkey (@codemonkeyyy) August 26, 2026
Legal voters verified by DHS and SSA… and somehow that’s the radical position. Tell me again how this is the extreme side.
— Elena Davis (@ElenaDavis_9) August 26, 2026
The Supreme Court has issued multiple rulings now where they've told these lower court judges. They do not have the authority or the jurisdiction to do this until you start impeaching him and throwing them off the bench they won't stop.
— Dirk Masterson (@masterson64606) August 26, 2026
Finally, it took a while, but radical judges are finally realizing that there is only one POTUS, not two or 10.
— Max Cruz (@maxnauatili40) August 26, 2026
It's a massive win, but the war's not over yet, unfortunately.
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Editor’s Note: Republicans are fighting for election integrity by requiring proper identification to vote. It's common sense, yet Democrats are spreading lies about the impact of such a measure.
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