An official mail ballot drop box during a 2026 primary election in New York.
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The Supreme Court is not a Trump court—at least not on several issues—but where does it stand on voting rights? And what exactly did the court say on Monday about the postal service cooperating with Trump in his effort to restrict voting by mail? David Cole explains—he’s the former national legal director of the ACLU, and The Nation’s legal affairs correspondent.
Also: Colson Whitehead won two Pulitzer Prizes for his novels, and then wrote three crime stories about Harlem—the latest is Cool Machine. John Powers comments—he’s critic at large for NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross.
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