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Posted on 08/28/2026 5:27:47 AM PDT by Red Badger
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order that prevents the Postal Service from inserting itself into the election process while litigation continues.
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A federal judge Thursday blocked a Postal Service regulation that would exert control over mail-in ballots ahead of the midterm elections in the latest setback on the issue for President Donald Trump.
The recently finalized measure would implement a key provision of Trump’s executive order on mail-in ballots that would add a new level of bureaucracy to the elections process, which is typically administered by states.
The executive order directed the U.S. Postal Service to, among other things, track mail-in ballots and potentially reject those submitted by people not on a federal list of eligible voters.
The decision by Boston-based U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in one case brought by the League of Women Voters and other groups and another brought by a coalition of states means part of the executive order remains blocked for at least 14 days, with time running out to implement it ahead of the November election.
“This rule is a clear attempt by the federal government to interfere in elections it has no power to control,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement. “Today, a federal court halted it before this administration could wreak havoc on our elections.”
Talwani wrote that the regulation is most likely unlawful because the president cannot insert the federal government into elections without the express authorization of Congress.
“The court finds plaintiffs likely to succeed on the merits of their claims,” she said.
The Trump administration could seek to quickly overturn her decision by rushing to the Supreme Court.
Trump often criticizes mail-in ballots, claiming without evidence that there is rampant fraud even though they are widely used by Republicans and Democrats all across the country.
Talwani noted in her ruling that the administration had not offered “any evidence regarding fraudulent absentee or mail-in voting.”
The government’s interest in “correcting an unsubstantiated problem through likely unconstitutional means is dwarfed by the overwhelming risk of pervasive disenfranchisement,” she added.
Directly addressing the short time frame ahead of the election, Talwani said states “have neither time nor funds” to meet the necessary requirements, including updating election management systems and training staff members.
Based on the evidence before her, states’ compliance with what the Trump administration is asking of them before the 2026 midterms would be “practically impossible,” Talwani wrote.
In a separate decision Wednesday, Talwani lifted an earlier injunction she had imposed that blocked vital elements of Trump’s executive order in the case.
It is a different injunction from the one the Supreme Court lifted Monday in a similar case brought by California and 22 other states. Talwani is overseeing both cases.
The Supreme Court found that Talwani had acted too hastily in ruling on the executive order but did not weigh in on whether the underlying proposal or the Postal Service regulation is lawful.
While the Postal Service regulation is now blocked, a provision of the executive order requiring the Department of Homeland Security to compile lists of eligible voters and send them to states remains in effect.
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Gosh, who could have predicted that?
INDIRA needs to be IMPEACHED! NOW!
Well if you say so, Letitia.
You of course noticed that she used the term, "our elections" instead of "State elections," "our" of course denoting the Democratic Party.
“”””While the Postal Service regulation is now blocked, a provision of the executive order requiring the Department of Homeland Security to compile lists of eligible voters and send them to states remains in effect.””””
I understand the RED states have been using the DHS lists to purge non-citizens from their voter rolls.
So it is obvious why the BLUE states are relying upon rogue judges to keep non-citizens on their voter rolls.
“ The Trump administration could seek to quickly overturn her decision by rushing to the Supreme Court.”
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Considering that time is of the essence with this, the Trump administration will almost certainly seek quick Supreme Court action.
Mz. Talwani is an Obama appointee, who ordered the White House last year to continue using Medicare funds for Planned Parenthood.
These rogue judges are hell bent on destroying the United States.
I would call the latest temporary injunction by this Obama judge an act of sedition.
We the People demand JUSTICE!
“Sophia Lin Lakin, a lawyer for the voting rights groups at the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement that the order “presses pause on an unlawful power grab that would sow chaos and confusion for the millions of voters who depend on mail ballots.””
Like dead people, illegals, convicted felons, non-citizen legal residents and unconscious people in old folks homes............
“”””These rogue judges are hell bent on destroying the United States.””””
I would say these rogue judges are hell bent on using obscure legislation passed by Congress over the decades in order to stop Trump.
Meanwhile, our GOP Congress is on vacation again and have done next to nothing in getting the SAVE ACT passed.
Thune and his RINO cohorts are rogue Senators.
Relying upon a Congressional impeachment and a'two-thirds of the Senate' removal as a standard for enforcing judicial "good behavior" is simply ridiculous. To my mind, that reliance is an invention after the fact Constitutionally. Congress should enact means to remove judges upon a simple standard of a threshold number of reversals and submit that test to the SCOTUS. There needs to be a deterrent to judicial misbehavior.
Boy the democrats REALLY REALLY REALLY want mail fraud...!!!
The issue is that once the states allow the feds and USPS to accept ballots, they must comport with federal statutes and USPS regs. You know, the Supremacy Clause and all of that.
GPT:
There is a fair amount of information about **Judge Indira Talwani’s family background**, and it is more interesting than the usual short judicial biography suggests.
### Her parents
Talwani was born in **Englewood, New Jersey, in 1960**. Her father was **Manik Talwani**, an Indian immigrant from **Punjab**, who became a prominent marine geophysicist. Her mother was **German-born** and also immigrated to the United States. The congressional record describing her nomination specifically says she was the daughter of immigrants from India and Germany. ([GovInfo][1])
A biographical account based on an interview with Talwani gives considerably more detail about her father: **Manik came to the United States for graduate school after spending some time in Norway, attended Columbia University, became a marine geophysicist, taught at Columbia while Indira was growing up, and later taught at Rice University in Texas.** ([Dokumen][2])
Her father’s family had roots in the **Talwan area near Jalandhar in Punjab**. ([The Times of India][3])
### A highly educated, academic family
This was not a typical first-generation immigrant story of a family arriving with little education and gradually moving upward. Her father was already pursuing advanced scientific education in the United States and ultimately became an internationally recognized scientist.
The family also appears to have been fairly affluent and academically oriented. Indira attended **Phillips Exeter Academy**, then Radcliffe College at Harvard, where she graduated *cum laude* in 1982, and subsequently UC Berkeley’s law school, where she was **Order of the Coif**. ([Wikipedia][4])
### Her siblings
Her father, Manik, had **three children**: Indira, her brother **Rajeev Talwani**, and her brother **Sanjay Talwani**. Manik’s obituary says he and his wife, **Anni**, spent time with their children and grandchildren around the United States, and that he had **eight grandchildren**. ([Legacy.com][5])
So the family background we can document is:
**Indian father from Punjab + German mother → New Jersey-born daughter → highly educated academic household → Harvard → Berkeley Law → federal judge.**
One caveat: there is **much less publicly documented information about her mother’s family and early life** than about her father. The sources I’ve found establish the German immigrant background, but don’t give me enough reliable information to tell you much more about her maternal ancestry without speculating.
[1]: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRECB-2014-pt6/pdf/CRECB-2014-pt6.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com “E:\BR14\S08MY4.000”
[2]: https://dokumen.pub/the-first-fifteen-how-asian-american-women-became-federal-judges-1978824513-9781978824515.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com “The First Fifteen: How Asian American Women Became Federal Judges 1978824513, 9781978824515 - DOKUMEN.PUB”
[3]: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/who-is-indira-talwani-the-indian-american-judge-who-blocked-trumps-deportation-order/articleshow/120300195.cms?utm_source=chatgpt.com “Who is Indira Talwani, the Indian-American judge who blocked Trump’s deportation order? - The Times of India”
[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Talwani?utm_source=chatgpt.com “Indira Talwani”
[5]: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/manik-talwani-obituary?id=51576292&utm_source=chatgpt.com “MANIK TALWANI Obituary (1933 - 2023) - Legacy Remembers”
It’s their number one method of ballot fraud. If they cannot gain access to all those un-used mail-in ballots they cannot possibly win. In fact, they won’t just ‘lose’ they will be so marginalized that recovery from the losses will be well nigh impossible for decades............
HOW ABOUT A RULING ON DITRICT COURTS NOT HAVING AUTHORITY OVER PRESIDENTIAL ORDERS???
You cant run a country with hundreds of democrat judges questioning every presidential act.
The decision by Boston-based U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in one case brought by the League of Women Voters and other groups and another brought by a coalition of states means part of the executive order remains blocked for at least 14 days, with time running out to implement it ahead of the November election.
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where did tawani immigrate in from?
is talwani a US citizen?
is talwani a duel citizen?
does talwani’s spouse our any family member have financial connections with any law firm, public relations firm, NGO, PAC that would benefit financially from any of judge talwani’s decisions?
These judges are Unelected and should not have power to interfere with the elected president. That needs to end.
See post #15.....................
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