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Memorandum and order on the emergency motion to enforce the preliminary injunction, League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump, Doc. 201
Published by U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on August 25, 2026.
Judge Talwani's August 25 finding that the Postal Service violated the August 11 injunction by completing the rulemaking, with no remedy beyond identifying the violation.
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… Court for an emergency stay in that case. There, Defendants lamented the passing of “every day that the agencies are unable to take steps to carry out the Executive Order as to the November 2026 election[.]” 3 See Appl. for Stay 28, Trump v. California, No. 26A124 (U.S. July 27, 2026). Accordingly, despite the Defendants’ protestations that “[t]he United States takes its obligation to comply with court orders very seriously,” see Defs.’ Opp’n 6 [Doc. No. 197], the court finds that Defendants violated the preliminary injunction in this case. II. The Appropriate Relief Plaintiffs seek as a remedy for the violation of the preliminary injunction that the court order “that the Final Rule issued by the United States Postal Service (USPS), titled ‘Ballot Mail for Federal Elections,’ has no force or effect with respect to any federal election on or before November 3, 2026” and direct the USPS Defendants “to take no implementation or preparatory …
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- The administration asks the Supreme Court to lift a new block on mail-ballot rules · cited for the August 25 finding that the Postal Service violated the injunction by completing the rulemaking
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