Reposted by Chris Seaman
My takeaways from the SCOTUS Missouri ruling:
1. The Court is angry for the 8th Circuit and district court not following its earlier orders. The court says: “Given this Court’s two prior orders in this litigation, our conclusion that this was error should come as no surprise.”
![Ill. Conclusion and Order
For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs' emergency motions' for a temporary restraining
order are GRANTED pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(b) as follows.
(1) The court grants an emergency fourteen-day stay of the implementation or enforcement of the following sections of the Final Rule as to elections occurring before or on November 3, 2026. USPS Defendants'° may take no further preparatory steps or
implement in any way for elections occurring before or on November 3, 2026:
19 Mot. for a TRO, Emergency Stay, and Expedited Prelim. Inj. and Stay, California II, No. 1:26-cv-13917 [Doc. No. 3]; Emergency Mot. for TRO and Prelim. Inj., LVWM, No. 1:26-cv-11549
[Doc. No. 206].
20 USPS Defendants are the USPS, the Postmaster General, the Deputy Postmaster General, and the members and Chair of the USPS Board of Governors. See Compl., California II, No. 1:26-cv-13917 [Doc. No. 1]; Compl., Suppl. Compl., LWVM, No. 1:26-cv-i1549 [Doc. Nos. 1, 205].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreig6ovlazoi7megahmridexgicsatm54b35ehffb4gv5vqqdx5k4na)
