{"id":131639,"date":"2026-09-14T21:08:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T04:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=131639"},"modified":"2026-09-15T08:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:26:46","slug":"justices-alito-thomas-dismiss-impacts-of-trumps-mail-voting-overhaul-attempt-in-dissent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/alito-thomas-mail-voting-dissent_n_6aa89964e4b0477c43bed588","title":{"rendered":"Justices Alito, Thomas Dismiss Impacts Of Trump\u2019s Mail Voting Overhaul Attempt In Dissent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/6aa893db170000d6672016a3.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"width: 100%\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>While Alito was concerned that the rule would be very difficult to implement so close to the election, he concluded that it was \u201cnot enough to convince me.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div><p>This <a target='_blank'  href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/alito-thomas-mail-voting-dissent_n_6aa89964e4b0477c43bed588\">post<\/a> was originally published on <a target='_blank'  href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/politics\">this site<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Alito was concerned that the rule would be very difficult to implement so close&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Justices Alito, Thomas Dismiss Impacts Of Trump\u2019s Mail Voting Overhaul Attempt In Dissent - Marin &amp; theNation Resists","description":"While Alito was concerned that the rule would be very difficult to implement so close to the election, he concluded that it was \u201cnot enough to convince me.\u201d"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-huffpostpolitics"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","depicter-thumbnail":"","covernews-slider-full":"","covernews-slider-center":"","covernews-featured":"","covernews-medium":"","covernews-medium-square":"","bdpp-medium":"","psacp-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"rfoldnc","author_link":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/author\/rfoldnc"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?cat=20\" rel=\"category\">HuffPostPolitics<\/a>","tag_info":"HuffPostPolitics","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":131945,"url":"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/deadline-white-house\/deadline-legal-blog\/trump-thomas-alito-legends-supreme-court-mail-ballot-voting","url_meta":{"origin":131639,"position":0},"title":"What Trump lauding Thomas and Alito as \u2018legends\u2019 means for the Supreme Court\u2019s future","author":"Jordan Rubin","date":"September 15, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are the two most GOP-friendly Supreme Court justices. 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