President Donald Trump took to social media on Monday to react to the Supreme Court’s decisions in several cases—some of which he decried, while others he celebrated.
The nation’s highest court announced several rulings on Monday, including one regarding late-arriving mail-in ballots and another dealing with presidential authority to fire independent regulators. More decisions in high-profile cases are expected to be announced on Tuesday, including ones that center on Trump’s attempts to severely restrict birthright citizenship and states’ efforts to bar transgender athletes from participating on female sports teams.
Here are some of the major decisions the court announced on Monday, and how the President reacted to them.
The Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi law that permits mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive up to five business days afterward to be counted by election officials.
Trump expressed his displeasure with the court’s ruling, which dealt a blow to efforts by his party and Administration to push back on mail-in voting. The President has repeatedly made false claims about voting by mail, including tying it to election fraud, and has proposed restrictions on the practice.
“In light of the tremendous loss in the Supreme Court today concerning Voter’s Rights, and the fact that ‘people’s’ votes are allowed to be counted LONG AFTER an Election is over, it is more important than ever to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,” The President said in a post on Truth Social, referring to the restrictive voting legislation he has forcefully pushed for in recent months that would require voters to provide proof of citizenship and photo identification when casting their ballots in federal elections, among other changes.
In his social media post on Monday, Trump went on to say that “there is no excuse for a politician, or otherwise, to be against” the provisions in the SAVE America Act, adding, “There is only one re
