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Supreme Court Hands Trump Temporary Win on Mail Ballots, More Legal Action to Come

California and a group of other states have lost one skirmish with the Trump administration on the Supreme Court's shadow docket regarding ballots by mail, with the court essentially saying the states can't sue because they haven't been harmed yet.

Supreme Court Hands Trump Temporary Win on Mail Ballots, More Legal Action to Come

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California and a group of other states have lost one skirmish with the Trump administration on the Supreme Court's shadow docket regarding ballots by mail, with the court essentially saying the states can't sue because they haven't been harmed yet.

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California and a group of other states have lost one skirmish with the Trump administration on the Supreme Court's shadow docket regarding ballots by mail, with the court essentially saying the states can't sue because they haven't been harmed yet.

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