{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://larson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/larson-joins-brief-urging-supreme-court-block-unconstitutional-trump", "Larson Joins Brief Urging Supreme Court to Block Unconstitutional Trump Order Attacking Mail-In Voting", "2026-09-08", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "John B. Larson", "L000557", "larson.house.gov", "larson", "https://larson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "East Hartford, CT \u2013 Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States with a bipartisan, bicameral coalition of 261 lawmakers in United States Postal Service v. State of California, urging the court to reject President Trump\u2019s unconstitutional order aiming to take control of the mail-in voting process. His unconstitutional order follows his threats to \u201cnationalize our elections,\u201d and a push from Republicans in Congress to pass the so-called \u201cSAVE America Act\u201d that would create more barriers for Americans to vote and empower the Department of Homeland Security to purge voters from the rolls.\n\n\u201cWhether it is his discriminatory \u2018SAVE Act\u2019 or his unconstitutional executive order to take control of mail-in voting, Donald Trump is determined to get in the way of a free and fair election this November,\u201d said Larson. \u201cThe Constitution clearly grants the states the power to administer elections, but this president sees our laws as mere suggestions standing in the way of his power. We already know that he sent \u2018DOGE\u2019 into Social Security to alter elections and his cronies at the Department of Homeland Security have pressured states to purge eligible citizens from the voter rolls. I am proud to join my colleagues at the Supreme Court to block his latest attempt to mess with the midterms from seeing the light of day. We must all band together so every American can cast their ballot free from fear or intimidation.\u201d\n\nIn the court filing, the lawmakers argue that Trump\u2019s Executive Order violates the separation of powers and Article I of the U.S. Constitution, which gives the states and Congress exclusive authority over election administration. The President\u2019s order attempts to give the Postal Service control over who can vote by mail, empowering Trump officials to have the final say over who is eligible to cast a ballot. One-third of Americans are expected to vote by mail in the upcoming midterm elections\u2014a voting practice Donald Trump himself used as recently as August 2026, when the president voted in Florida\u2019s Republican primary.", 1, "2026-09-09T09:27:09Z", "2026-09-09T09:29:04Z"]], "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://larson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/larson-joins-brief-urging-supreme-court-block-unconstitutional-trump"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2379828840494156, "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"}