{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://courtney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/courtney-260-bipartisan-current-former-members-congress-file-legal", "Courtney, 260 Bipartisan Current & Former Members of Congress File Legal Brief to Block Trump Admin from Restricting Mail-In Voting", "2026-09-08", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "Joe Courtney", "C001069", "courtney.house.gov", "courtney", "https://courtney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "NORWICH, CT \u2013 Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) joined a bipartisan group of 261 current and former Members of Congress in officially filing an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the legality of President Trump\u2019s Executive Order seeking to restrict mail-in voting ahead of November\u2019s midterm elections.\n\n\u201cNearly a third of all voters in 2024 \u2013 including many military servicemembers \u2013 cast their votes using mail-in ballots with only a 0.000043% rate of fraud, according to analysis by the nonpartisan Brookings Institution,\u201d Courtney said. \u201cPresident Trump\u2019s Executive Order to put new restrictions on mail-in voting is a blatant and unconstitutional attempt to purge millions of Americans\u2019 ballots. With some states already beginning to mail out ballots for the November election, the Supreme Court must immediately reject the President\u2019s order and protect our vote.\u201d\n\nIn the court filing, the Members argue that Trump\u2019s Executive Order 14399, \u201cEnsuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections,\u201d and the USPS rule, \u201cBallot Mail for Federal Elections,\u201d which resulted from Executive Order 14399, violate the separation of powers and usurps Congressional authorities outlined in Article I of the U.S. Constitution, which gives the states and Congress exclusive authority over election administration.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-12T09:02:30Z", "2026-09-12T09:03:27Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://courtney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/courtney-260-bipartisan-current-former-members-congress-file-legal"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.775394193828106, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}