1st Circuit Keeps Block on Trump's New USPS Ballot Mail Rule Ahead of Midterms

The Trump administration's effort to implement new United States Postal Service (USPS) requirements for mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterms hit another roadblock Thursday, as a unanimous federal appeals court refused to lift the preliminary injunction blocking mandatory enforcement of the rule while the case is appealed. On Thursday, a 1st Circuit Court of Appeals panel (consisting of Judges Gustavo Gelpi, Julie Rikelman, and Seth Aframe, all Biden appointees) denied the Trump administration's request to stay Judge Indira Talwani's preliminary injunction, meaning the injunction remains in effect while the appeal proceeds. To review: * Trump's election-integrity executive order directed...