Still paused: USPS discretion in ballot deliveries

BOSTON — The First Circuit denied a stay pending appeal of a Massachusetts federal court’s injunction that blocked a Trump executive order that would have the federal government a list of eligible voters, then disallow the U.S. Postal Service from delivering absentee and mail-in ballots to anyone not on that list. The administration challenged the injunction only as to standing and ripeness, and the court find it failed to establish a likelihood of success on the merits as to those two issues.Read the ruling here.Read our previous coverage of this issue here and here.Subscribe to our free newslettersOur weekly newsletter Closing Arguments offers the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world, while the monthly Under the Lights dishes the legal dirt from Hollywood, sports, Big Tech and the arts.Additional Reads