The justices take their time and pick their spots, but they have rejected presidential initiatives on tariffs, citizenship, the National Guard — and now the coming election.

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In a blistering attack on the court, President Trump said “these are not the people I interviewed” to serve as justices.

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Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, called the challenge to the restrictions a “Hail Mary pass” that was unlikely to prevail because of the Postal Service’s broad authority to regulate the mail.