{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/2026/09/09/slotkin-joins-colleagues-to-urge-supreme-court-to-block-postal-service-rule-limiting-mail-in-voting/", "Slotkin Joins Colleagues to Urge Supreme Court to Block Postal Service Rule Limiting Mail-In Voting", "2026-09-09", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "MI", "Elissa Slotkin", "S001208", "www.slotkin.senate.gov", "slotkin", "https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/newsroom/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) joined a bicameral amicus brief challenging the legality of President Trump\u2019s Executive Order and U.S. Postal Service rule seeking to exert control over mail-in ballots ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. This comes as nearly one-third of Americans have voted by mail in recent elections \u2014 a voting practice Trump himself used as recently as August 2026, when he voted in Florida\u2019s Republican primary.\n\n\u201cAs current and former legislators, amici took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States \u2014 including its guarantee of the separation of powers,\u201dwrote the lawmakers.\u201c[We] have a particular interest in defending the institutional role of the Legislative Branch under Article I of the Constitution and in vindicating the long-settled principle that the Constitution commits ultimate regulatory authority over federal elections to Congress. The Constitution does not contemplate the Executive Branch acting unilaterally to assert power over federal elections. Yet that is what the Order and Final Rule do.\u201d\n\nIn the court filing, the amici curiae argue that Trump\u2019s Executive Order 4399 and USPS\u2019s final rule violate the separation of powers and usurp congressional authorities outlined in Article I of the U.S. Constitution, which gives the States and Congress exclusive authority over election administration.\n\nIn addition to Slotkin, the amicus brief was joined by the entire Senate Democratic Caucus.\n\nIn July of 2026, Slotkin released a video in response to President Trump\u2019s Truth Social video post of her in a hearing, defending the mail-in voting process as a safe way for Americans to cast their votes. She has also pressed various Trump Administration officials including, Postmaster General David P. Steiner, Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, and various others about any planned attempts to interfere with the upcoming midterm elections.\n\nClick here to read the full brief.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-10T09:25:58Z", "2026-09-10T09:27:09Z"]], "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://www.slotkin.senate.gov/2026/09/09/slotkin-joins-colleagues-to-urge-supreme-court-to-block-postal-service-rule-limiting-mail-in-voting/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8721549529582262, "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"}