Trump slams the Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday went after the Supreme Court after it rejected his push to restrict mail-in voting in this year's midterms, saying justices who resisted him were "not the people I interviewed."

What happened

His social media missive was just the latest in a long history of Trump assailing justices, particularly those he had nominated. This person ruled against him on his administration's most prominent initiatives. The president has been publicly furious with the Supreme Court over its decisions against restricting birthright citizenship and his ability to matter tariffs unilaterally.

On mail-in voting, the Trump administration had created a last-minute push to have the U.S. Postal Service play a central role in deciding who would be able to receive a ballot. But state election authorities argued there was not enough time to produce the changes for the Nov. 3 midterm elections – and remarked their systems were already secure and accurate.

The bottom line

For now, trump slams the Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.