Trump’s voting restrictions face roadblocks from Congress and the Supreme Court

Supreme CourtTrump’s voting restrictions face roadblocks from Congress and the Supreme CourtPresident Donald Trump suffered a number of setbacks from the Supreme Court on Monday, including a decision allowing states to count some ballots that come in after Election Day.Listen to this article with a free profile00:0000:00Add NBC News to GoogleTrump revives push for sweeping elections bill after Supreme Court rulings03:50Get more newsLiveonShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJune 29, 2026, 4:59 PM EDTBy Jonathan Allen and Katherine DoyleThe Supreme Court and the Republican-controlled Senate have erected guardrails that limit President Donald Trump’s ability to make it harder for citizens to vote, and he’s not happy about that.Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscriptionGet exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading.In a 5-4 decision handed down Monday, Chief Justice John Roberts, who was appointed by Republican President George W. Bush, and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was appointed by Trump, joined the court’s three liberals in ruling against the Republican National Committee’s challenge to a Mississippi law that allows certain ballots to be tallied if they are received after Election Day.Civil rights groups hailed the decision as a protection for voters.“Our democracy is stronger when more people, not less, can participate,” Robert Weiner, the Voting Rights Project director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said in a statement.But Trump, who has contended contrary to the evidence that Democrats “rigged” his loss in the 2020 election, said Monday that the majority decision is “very detrimental to honest elections” and claimed that it “gives people more time to vote illegally.”He used the courtroom defeat to redirect attention to the Senate, where his effort to rewrite voter-eligibility laws is stuck. Republicans do not have enough votes to either pass the so-called SAVE America Act or kill the chamber’s rule requiring 60 senators to overco...