Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, described the challenge to the restrictions on mail-in ballots as a "Hail Mary pass" that was unlikely to succeed due to the Postal Service's broad authority to regulate mail.
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Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Alito Support Trump's Mail-In Ballot Rules
Supreme Court Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Clarence Thomas expressed support for the Trump administration's mail-in ballot rules. They characterized the legal challenge to these restrictions as unlikely to succeed, citing the Postal Service's regulatory authority.
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Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Alito Would Have Allowed Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Rules
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