Seven weeks from the midterms, the Supreme Court rejects Trump's mail-in voting restrictions

Germany

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Technical and Measured Reading · 2 of 10 countries

Berlin distinguishes Trump's legal defeat from his broader political victory: the Supreme Court blocks his new rules on mail-in voting, but the German press sees this as a costless setback for a president whose real goal would be to cast doubt on the reliability of the November election.

Argentina

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Reading Focused on Presidential Reaction · 5 of 10 countries

Buenos Aires is particularly focused on the internal reckoning sparked by the setback: three judges appointed by Trump himself voted against his own administration, triggering unprecedented presidential fury against his own nominees.

Australia

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Reading Focused on Presidential Reaction · 5 of 10 countries

Canberra is particularly taking note of Donald Trump's unprecedented attack on his own Supreme Court, more so than the legal details of the ruling that blocks his restrictions on mail-in voting.

Belgium

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Reading Focused on Presidential Reaction · 5 of 10 countries

Brussels is first taking note of the political setback inflicted on Donald Trump, seven weeks before the midterms where his majority is already fragile, more than the strict issue of electoral law.

Canada

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Reading Focused on Presidential Reaction · 5 of 10 countries

Ottawa sees in this rejection a new episode in the showdown between Donald Trump and the Supreme Court, just a few weeks before an election that will decide control of Congress.

Spain

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Institutional Reading · 3 of 10 countries

Madrid takes from this new judicial setback inflicted on Trump the proof that American checks and balances are holding up, seven weeks from an election where nearly a third of the country votes by mail.

United States

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Reading Focused on Presidential Reaction · 5 of 10 countries

The United States government suffers a stinging political setback for the White House: seven weeks from the midterms, the Supreme Court, by a 7-2 vote, refuses to enforce Trump's new restrictions on mail-in voting, and Donald Trump denounces a "great defeat for Republicans".

France

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Institutional Reading · 3 of 10 countries

Paris sees this judicial setback as proof that a cross-party coalition of judges, both conservatives and progressives, is limiting the executive power of Donald Trump as the midterms approach.

United Kingdom

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Institutional Reading · 3 of 10 countries

London takes from this judicial setback a confirmation of the American institutional checks, seven weeks before a tense election.

Switzerland

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Technical and Measured Reading · 2 of 10 countries

Switzerland is measuring this judicial setback for Trump in light of its own practice of voting by mail, presented by an expert cited beyond the Sarine as being as secure as any other voting method.