트럼프 행정부, USPS 우편투표 제한 규칙 집행을 위해 대법원 긴급 신청

트럼프 대통령이 여덟월 4일에 새 정원 스굽 모리스타운 공항에서 본인에게 트만스를 보여주며 항공기에서 착륙했다. 동시에 행정부는 USPS 우편투표 제한 규칙을 시행하기 위해 대법원에 긴급 신청을 제출했다. 과거 대법원은 우편투표 제한 명령을 인정했으나 부분 집행 규칙은 중단돼 다시 재심이 진행된다. 주 정부와 투표권 단체는 우편투표 제한이 불공정하다고 주장하며 소송을 진행 중이다. U.S. President Donald Trump raises a thumbs-up after disembarking from Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in New Jersey, U.S., on the 4th . Reuters Yonhap News The Trump administration has again filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking permission to enforce rules that restrict mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections. Although the Supreme Court earlier overturned a lower court ruling that had blocked President Trump's mail-in voting restrictions, a lower court subsequently halted the U.S. Postal Service 's specific implementation rules. The legal battle over limits on mail-in voting has returned to the high court. The administration on the 6th submitted an emergency application to the Supreme Court seeking to allow the USPS's mail-in voting rules to take effect. Earlier, President Trump issued an executive order limiting mail-in voting, prompting lawsuits from state governments and voter-rights groups. Last month, the Supreme Court lifted a lower court's injunction, initially clearing the way for the order to be implemented. USPS then drafted detailed rules to implement the order. Under the new rules, each state must submit lists of mail-in voters and cross-check them against federal databases such as those of the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Social Security Administration. Ballot envelopes would carry special barcodes for tracking, and, except for certain reasons such as military service, illness or disability, and travel, general mail-in voting would be restricted, with requirements to present identification and proof of citizenship. However, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of the federal court in Massachusetts indefinitely halted implementation of the USPS rules on the 4th. She found that the plaintiffs, Democratic-led state governments and voter-rights groups, were likely to succeed on the merits. Talwani said, 'Congress has never delegated election-related authority to the USPS,' pointing out that the rules could infringe on powers over elections vested in Congress and those left to the states. The Trump administration countered that the USPS has authority to promulgate rules necessary to operate postal services. Just as separate preparation requirements apply to certain mail items such as cremated remains or inert replica explosives, it argued, mail-in voting rules likewise fall within the USPS's ordinary scope of operations. The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. AFP Yonhap News Opponents argued that enforcing the rules with barely two months left before the midterms could infringe the voting rights of voters who rely on mail-in ballots. They also said the states lack time to apply the new requirements so close to the election and to inform voters. Sofia Lin Lakin, a director at the American Civil Liberties Union , said, 'With fewer than 60 days until the November election, there is no evidence that states can comply without disenfranchising voters who rely on mail-in voting. ' With the Trump administration again seeking emergency relief from the high court, the final call now rests with the Supreme Court. In an order issued by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who handles emergency applications, the Court directed the respondents to file a response by 4 p.m. on the 10th. Emergency applications can be decided more quickly than ordinary cases and without oral argument. Given the looming midterms, whether the Supreme Court allows the USPS rules to take effect is expected to directly affect states' preparations for mail-in voting and how voters cast their ballots. 한글기사 원본