Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms

Though it remains unclear how much can be implemented before the fast-approaching midterm elections, WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Monday in a case over President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting.

Key points

• The Court's disposition of this application does not mean that any measure taken by the Administration to implement the Order will necessarily be lawful.
• The decision leaves room for extra court challenges that could further slow Trump's order, and other similar cases have already been filed.
• The court's conservative majority didn't decide the legality of Trump's order, instead ruling that the states did not have the legal right to challenge it.

What happened

Meanwhile, the decision leaves room for extra court challenges that could further slow Trump's order, and other similar cases have already been filed. The U.S. Postal Service laid out how it would implement the order last week, but time is running short to impose major changes with some states beginning to send mail ballots to voters in just a few weeks.

Meanwhile, the court's conservative majority didn't decide the legality of Trump's order, instead ruling that the states did not have the legal right to challenge it.

"The Court's disposition of this application does not mean that any measure taken by the Administration to implement the Order will necessarily be lawful. On that score, time will tell, " the majority wrote in an unsigned order.

The bottom line

Taken together, the developments around supreme Court sides with Trump administration on mail voting restrictions ahead of point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.