Trump’s Postal Tactics Echo Jackson’s Antislavery Plot

A Slate Jurisprudence piece argues that Trump’s effort to suppress mail voting echoes Andrew Jackson’s 1830s use of the Postal Service to block abolitionist material, showing how postal censorship has been used for political ends across eras; it contrasts Jackson’s racist justifications with Trump’s claim about mail-in ballots, and notes the ongoing legal and constitutional implications while implying the Supreme Court could curb the latest push sooner.