美最高法院紧急令允许推进限制邮寄投票，但效力有限

N YESTERDAY ISSUED AN EMERGENCY ORDER THAT ALLOWS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO MOVE FORWARD -- FOR NOW -- WITH PLANS TO RESTRICT MAIL-IN VOTING AHEAD OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER. IT'S A RULING SOME OPPONENTS SAY WOULD BRING CHAOS TO THE ELECTION PROCESS ONLY DAYS BEFORE BALLOTS IN SOME STATES ARE MAILED OUT. OUR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT LIZ LANDERS JOINS US NOW. LIZ: THE RULING ALLOWS THE ADMINISTRATION TO PROCEED WITH AN EXECUTIVE ORDER PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED IN MARCH DIRECTING THE U.S.

POSTAL SERVICE TO DETERMINE WHICH VOTERS SHOULD RECEIVE MAIL-IN BALLOTS. IT ALSO DIRECTS THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO BUILD A DATABASE OF U.S. CITIZENS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND HERE TO HELP EXPLAIN IT ALL IS STEVE VLADECK. HE'S A CONSTITUTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER. THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE PROGRAM THIS EVENING.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME. LIZ: THERE ARE TWO LAWSUITS CHALLENGING THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ABOUT MAIL-IN BALLOTS. ONE CASE THE STATES SUED. WHAT DID THE SUPREME COURT RULING TELL THE STATES

IT ONLY APPLIED TO THE STATES LAWSUIT AND ONLY SAID THE STATES HAD SUED TOO EARLY BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT THE LAWSUIT BEFORE THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE BROUGHT THEIR FINAL RULE WHICH THEY DID LAST FRIDAY. IT WAS A WIN FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP AT A VERY TIME-LIMITED ONE. HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHETHER THE UNDERLYING EXECUTIVE ORDER IS LAWFUL OR THE NEW POSTAL SERVICE RULE IS LAWFUL, THAT RULE IS GOING TO NOW BE LITIGATED PROBABLY PRETTY QUICKLY IN BOTH OF THE CASES THAT ARE BACK BEFORE THE JUDGE IN BOSTON.

LIZ: LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER. ANOTHER PART OF PRESIDENT TRUMP CEO RESTRICTED ORDERS FROM BEING -- BALLOTS FROM BEING DELIVERED. HOW ARE THESE ACTIONS A FEELING BY THE RULING TODAY?

FOR NOW THEY ARE NOT. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE STATUS QUO WHICH IS THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS NOT AN EFFECT ON THE USPS RULE IS NOT AN EFFECT. ALL THE SUPREME COURT YESTERDAY WAS PAUSE ONE OF THE TWO INJUNCTIONS AGAINST THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. THERE IS STILL A SECOND INJUNCTION BLOCKING THE EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM GOING INTO EFFECT. THE RULE ITSELF SAYS IT CANNOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THAT INJUNCTION IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

WE ARE NOT AT THE END OF THE STORY. WE ARE MORE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORY WHERE THERE WILL BE MORE LITIGATION AND IT IS POSSIBLE THESE QUESTIONS ARE BACK IN FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT BY NEXT TIME THIS WEEK. LIZ: YOU WROTE A SUB STACK POST ABOUT THE PURCELL PRINCIPAL ABOUT THE IDEA THAT ELECTION RULES SHOULD NOT BE PLACED -- CHANGE TOO CLOSE TO AN ELECTION AND IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR ELECTION ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL.

WE ARE 70 DAYS FROM THE MIDTERM ELECTION DAY AND SOME STATES ARE STARTING THEIR ABSENTEE VOTING WHICH INCLUDES BY MAIL AND WE SPOKE EARLIER WITH MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE ABOUT HOW PLAUSIBLE IT IS TO CARRY OUT THE POSTAL SERVICE RULE CHANGES.

I THINK THERE IS SERIOUS DOUBT ABOUT WHETHER THERE IS ENOUGH TIME IN THE 2026 ELECTION TO STAND UP THIS SCHEME