CANTWELL STATEMENT ON TRUMP'S REQUEST FOR SUPREME COURT TO OVERTURN LOWER COURT RULINGS AND ALLOW HIM TO IMPLEMENT HIS ANTI-VOTE-BY-MAIL EXECUTIVE ORDER

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, released this statement regarding the Trump administration asking the Supreme Court to permit implementation of his executive order that would give the U.S. Postal Service a role in determining whether voters receive vote-by-mail ballots, despite rulings of lower courts finding it unconstitutional and enjoining its implementation:

"The U.S. Postal Service has no role in deciding who can vote. The Supreme Court should reject President Trump's latest demand to allow him to interfere with the...