2026年8月28日 美国东部时间早上6:00 / 福克斯新闻
邮件投票打击行动持续推进，特朗普胜诉为联邦行动打开大门
包括美国邮政署在内的联邦机构如今可推进选举诚信行政令，各州准备提起新诉讼
作者：查尔斯·克莱茨 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年8月28日 美国东部时间早上6:00
前特朗普官员详解最高法院邮件投票胜诉后下一步走向
吉恩·汉密尔顿解释了该裁决允许本届政府接下来采取的行动、各州何时可重返法庭，以及联邦机构如何在中期选举前落实特朗普的邮件投票行政令。
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在最高法院就挑战特朗普邮寄选票限制的诉讼作出基本有利于白宫的裁决后，唐纳德·特朗普总统改革美国邮寄投票制度的下一阶段行动正在成形。
前白宫副法律顾问吉恩·汉密尔顿表示，包括美国邮政署在内的联邦机构如今可以推进特朗普选举诚信行政令的相关内容，包括新的选票邮寄标准以及涉及州公民身份名单的工作，而反对的各州正等待观察哪些具体的联邦行动可能成为新诉讼的依据。
“法院的做法非常有意思，实际上也完全符合你对法院的预期，”汉密尔顿告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
特朗普在中期选举前就邮寄投票限制法案赢得最高法院胜诉
抗议者在时任邮政部长路易斯·德乔伊的住所外举行抗议，反对邮寄投票事宜。（埃里克·李/盖蒂图片社）
汉密尔顿表示，当特朗普指示美国邮政署、国土安全部和司法部为新规程做准备时，多个州立即声称受到损害，但法院多数派驳回了它们的挑战。
最初，波士顿的一名联邦法官支持了这些州，但用汉密尔顿的话来说，最高法院实际上裁定“你不能阻止（联邦政府）进行思考”——因为尚未采取任何实际行动。
[杰克逊痛批最高法院同僚在特朗普邮寄投票行政令上的‘严重法律错误’]
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普2026年3月31日在华盛顿白宫椭圆形办公室展示签署的行政令。特朗普当日签署了一项旨在加大民众邮寄选票难度的行政令，升级了他长期以来针对数百万美国人使用的邮寄投票方式的反对运动。（亚伦·施瓦茨/CNP/彭博 via 盖蒂图片社）
“这提醒美国民众……仅仅因为未来可能发生某事，并不意味着你当下就实际受到了损害，而这正是法院裁决的核心要点。”
汉密尔顿打趣道，如果质疑该行政令的各州是对的——即未来遭受损害的可能性足以获得法律禁令——那么他的组织将在全国范围内“大显身手”，试图阻止他和其客户反对的新政策出台。
他补充道，在这方面，最终被最高法院推翻的地区法院法官对第三条宪法权力做出了“离谱”的误读，本质上声称各州可以决定总检察长和司法部打算起诉哪些案件。
他强调，一旦特朗普的行动付诸实施，法律格局可能会迅速变化，但他表示，质疑行政令的各州必须证明存在具体或足够迫在眉睫的伤害，而不能依赖对机构最终可能采取行动的预测。
[国土安全部批准选民公民身份核查计划，监督邮寄选票，特朗普推动力度加大]
加利福尼亚州总检察长罗布·邦塔在2026年8月24日周一于旧金山加利福尼亚州最高法院举行的听证会后发表讲话，该听证会涉及河滨县警长查德·比安科扣押并重新清点超过50万张2025年选举选票的事宜。（艾丽西亚·拉米雷斯/《河滨记录报》， pooled）
除美国邮政署外，特朗普的行政令还指示国土安全部编制并向各州提供美国成年公民名单，同时指示司法部优先调查和起诉向不符合资格的选民发放选票的相关案件。
“我们拭目以待各部门和机构实际会做些什么。我们也拭目以待他们声称要做些什么，”汉密尔顿告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，因为新的具体联邦规则将随后出台。
[根据拟议规则，拒绝提供邮寄选民信息的州将无法收到联邦邮寄选票]
随着各州比过去几十年更早地逐步发放邮寄选票，落实该计划并应对进一步法律挑战的倒计时已经开始。
美国邮政署于6月首次提出其选票邮寄规则，并已最终敲定该规则，要求标准化的选票信封和唯一的追踪条形码，同时指示各州使用联邦门户网站来识别收到邮寄联邦选票的选民。不遵守规定的州可能会被拒绝发送或退回联邦邮寄选票。
但该机构当时表示，除非诉讼解决，否则不会在中期选举前实施该规则。妇女选民联盟在诉讼中获得的另一项禁令目前阻止了美国邮政署实施该规则。
“你为什么不采取诸如获取合格选民名单、要求美国邮政署使用他们在其他事务中使用的标准邮件安全措施之类的步骤呢？”汉密尔顿评论道。
当被问及在裁决后，政府计划实施特朗普行政令的哪些条款、这些行动何时开始以及将如何指示各州遵守规定时，白宫没有提供具体细节。
“这些都是常识性措施，旨在保护邮寄选票的安全性，确保只有美国公民才能选举美国领导人。本届政府将继续依法落实特朗普总统当选时承诺的议程——其中包括我们选举的安全保障，”白宫发言人劳伦·比斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
带领23个州的原告、宾夕法尼亚州州长乔希·夏皮罗批评最高法院让特朗普“试图让美国人更难投票”。夏皮罗被单独列出，因为宾夕法尼亚州共和党总检察长戴维·桑迪没有在该诉讼中代表该州签署文件。
“别着急，”这位潜在的2028年总统候选人在一份声明中说道。“唐纳德·特朗普并不管理宾夕法尼亚州的选举——也不管理任何州的选举。”
“[最高法院的]裁决并未涉及特朗普违宪行政令的实质内容，也不意味着他限制邮寄投票的非法企图能够得逞。”
周三，亚利桑那州总检察长克里斯·梅斯回应了该裁决，宣称“除非我死了，否则这项规则绝不会生效。我们将在法庭上拼死抗争到底。”
邦塔承诺继续抗争，并指出由奥巴马任命的波士顿法官因迪拉·塔尔瓦尼最初支持了原告方。
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邮政部长戴维·施泰纳在2024年6月24日于华盛顿特区举行的参议院国土安全与政府事务委员会听证会上作证，该听证会主题为改革美国邮政服务的商业模式。（瓦莱丽·普莱施/彭博 via 盖蒂图片社）
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汉密尔顿预测，随着各机构采取下一步行动，此类争议将引发新一轮诉讼。
“我们必须熬过下级法院程序的套利阶段，我肯定还会有更多的斗争，”他说。
夏皮罗也表达了原告方对该裁决的反对，他在推特上写道：
“我们法庭见，特朗普政府。”
福克斯新闻数字频道的汉娜·布伦南和梅利莎·克里斯为本报告做出了贡献。
作者在宾夕法尼亚州阿伦敦出生并长大，自2013年起在福克斯新闻的纽约和华盛顿分社工作。
Federal agencies including USPS can now proceed with election-integrity order as states prepare fresh lawsuits
By Charles Creitz Fox News
Published August 28, 2026 6:00am EDT
Former Trump official breaks down what comes next after Supreme Court mail-voting win
Gene Hamilton explains what the ruling allows the administration to do next, when states could return to court and how federal agencies may move to implement Trump’s mail-voting order ahead of the midterms.
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The next phase of President Donald Trump’s effort to change America’s mail-in-voting system is taking shape after the Supreme Court issued a largely favorable ruling for the White House in a challenge to Trump’s mail-in ballot restrictions.
Former White House deputy counsel Gene Hamilton said federal agencies such as the Postal Service can now move forward with parts of Trump’s election-integrity order, including new ballot-mail standards and efforts involving state citizenship lists, as opposing states wait to see which concrete federal actions could form the basis of new lawsuits.
“It’s really interesting what the court did [and] it’s actually exactly what you would expect the court to do,” Hamilton told Fox News Digital.
TRUMP SCORES SUPREME COURT WIN ON MAIL-IN VOTING RESTRICTIONS BEFORE MIDTERMS
Protesters demonstrate in front of the home of then-Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over mail-in balloting concerns.(Eric Lee/Getty Images)
Hamilton said that when Trump directed USPS, DHS and DOJ to prepare for the new protocols, several states immediately claimed harm, but the court’s majority rejected their challenge.
Originally, a Boston federal judge agreed with them, but the Supreme Court effectively said “you can’t enjoin [the feds] from thinking” — in Hamilton’s words — because no action had taken place yet.
[JACKSON RIPS INTO SUPREME COURT COLLEAGUES’ ‘SERIOUS LEGAL ERROR’ ON TRUMP MAIL-IN VOTING ORDER]
US President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. Trump signed an executive order Tuesday intended to make it harder for voters to cast mail-in ballots, escalating his long-running campaign against a practice used by millions of Americans.(Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“It reminds the American people … just because something might happen in the future [it] doesn’t mean that you’re actually harmed today, and that’s really the crux of what the court did.”
Hamilton quipped that if the states challenging the order were proven right — and the possibility of future harm were enough to obtain a legal stay — his organization would “have a field day across the country” trying to head off new policies he and his clients oppose.
In that regard, he added that the district judge ultimately overruled by the Supreme Court made an “egregious” misread of Article III powers and essentially said states can dictate which cases the attorney general and DOJ try to prosecute.
He emphasized that the legal landscape could change quickly once Trump’s actions get underway, but said states challenging executive action must show a concrete or sufficiently imminent injury rather than rely on predictions about what agencies might eventually do.
[DHS APPROVES PLAN TO VERIFY VOTER CITIZENSHIP, MONITOR MAIL BALLOTS AS TRUMP PUSH INTENSIFIES]
California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks after a hearing about Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s seizure and recount of more than half a million 2025 election ballots on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, at California Supreme Court in San Francisco.(Alicia Ramirez/The Riverside Record, Pool)
Besides USPS, Trump’s order directs DHS to compile and provide states with lists of adult U.S. citizens, while DOJ was told to prioritize investigations and potential prosecutions involving ballots issued to ineligible voters.
“Let’s see what the departments and agencies actually do. Well, let’s see what they say they’re going to do,” Hamilton told Fox News Digital, as new concrete federal rules will come next.
[USPS WOULDN’T DELIVER BALLOTS IN STATES THAT REFUSE TO FORK OVER MAIL-IN VOTER INFO UNDER PROPOSED RULE]
The clock is ticking to implement the plan and respond to further legal challenges as states distribute mail ballots progressively earlier than in past decades.
USPS first proposed its ballot-mail rule in June and has since finalized it, requiring standardized ballot envelopes and unique tracking barcodes while directing states to use a federal portal to identify voters receiving mailed federal ballots. States that fail to comply could see outbound federal ballot mail refused or returned.
But the agency signaled at the time that it won’t implement the rule for the midterms unless the litigation is resolved. A separate injunction obtained in litigation by the League of Women Voters currently blocks USPS from implementing the rule.
“Why wouldn’t you take steps like getting a list of eligible voters, like asking the USPS to use standard mail security measures that they use for other things,” Hamilton commented.
Asked which provisions of Trump’s order the administration plans to implement following the ruling, when those actions would begin and how states would be directed to comply, the White House did not provide specifics.
“These are commonsense measures that protect the security of mail-in ballots and ensure only Americans are electing American leaders. This administration will continue to lawfully enact the agenda President Trump was elected on — which includes the safety and security of our elections,” White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta — who led the plaintiffs from 23 states along with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro — criticized the Supreme Court for letting Trump “try to make it harder for Americans to vote.”
Shapiro was listed separately because Pennsylvania Republican Attorney General David Sunday had not signed the state onto the suit.
“Not so fast,” the potential 2028 presidential candidate said in a statement. “Donald Trump does not run elections here in Pennsylvania — or in any state.”
“[The] SCOTUS decision does not deal with the substance of Trump’s unconstitutional Executive Order and does not mean his illegal attempt to restrict mail-in voting will go forward.”
On Wednesday, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes responded to the ruling, declaring, “Over my dead body is that rule going to go into effect. We are going to fight this tooth and nail in the courts.”
Bonta pledged to continue the fight and noted that Obama-appointed Judge Indira Talwani of Boston had originally sided with the plaintiffs.
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Postmaster General David Steiner testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee during a June 24 hearing on reforming the U.S. Postal Service’s business model in Washington, D.C.(Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Hamilton predicted such disputes would produce another round of litigation as agencies make their next moves.
“We have to get through the arbitrage of lower court proceedings, and I’m sure there’s going to be a lot more fighting to come,” he said.
Shapiro echoed the plaintiffs’ opposition to the ruling, tweeting:
“We’ll see the Trump Administration in court.”
Fox News Digital’s Hannah Brennan and Melissa Chrise contributed to this report.
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