最高法院作出郵寄選票裁定後，川普痛批大法官

華盛頓，9月15日（路透社）—— 美國總統唐納・川普週二抨擊他自己任命的最高法院大法官。前一天，美國最高司法機關拒絕允許一項美國郵政署（U.S. Postal Service）規定在11月期中選舉中實施；該規定限制郵寄選票的使用。這是川普在不利裁定後，再度對最高法院作出尖銳批評。WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump lashed out on Tuesday at his own Supreme Court appointees a day after the top U.S. judicial body declined to allow a U.S. Postal Service rule restricting the use of mail-in ballots in the November midterm elections in his latest acidic criticism of the court after an unfavorable ruling.

川普在社群媒體寫道：「這個最高法院受到激進左派霸凌與哄騙，作出讓美國倒退至少一百年的決定。」"This Supreme Court is bullied and cajoled by the Radical Left into making decisions that have set America back at least a hundred years," Trump wrote on social media.

川普在Truth Social上繼續寫道：「這些人不是我面試、要讓他們到美國最高法院任職的那些人；他們只剩下原本自己的空殼。」他沒有點名任何大法官。「這是一個將因作出我國史上一些最具破壞性、最傷人且危害最深的判決而被記住的法院。」"These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court, they are merely a shell of their original selves," Trump continued on Truth Social, without naming any of the justices. "It is a Court that will go down as having rendered some of the most destructive, hurtful, and damaging decisions in our Country's history."

川普在第一任總統任期內任命了3名大法官——尼爾・戈薩奇（Neil Gorsuch）、布雷特・卡瓦諾（Brett Kavanaugh）與艾美・柯尼・巴瑞特（Amy Coney Barrett）——打造出6比3的保守派多數，也讓最高法院自2020年以來大幅轉向右傾。Trump appointed three justices — Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — during his first term as president, building a 6-3 conservative majority and allowing the court to steer a dramatic rightward course since 2020.

週一，最高法院阻止這項規定實施的裁定簡短且未署名；該規定是郵政署依總統指示採行。最高法院處理緊急聲請時通常如此。川普稱這是「糟糕、極具政治性的裁定」。On Monday, the court's decision preventing implementation of the rule, which the Postal Service adopted at the president's direction, was brief and unsigned, as is typical when it handles emergency requests. Trump called it a "horrible, highly political, ruling."

只有保守派大法官塞繆爾・艾里托（Samuel Alito）與克拉倫斯・湯瑪斯（Clarence Thomas）公開表示異議。川普稱他們「兩位都是傳奇」。Only conservative Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas publicly dissented. Trump referred to them as "legends, both."

美國司法部長陶德・布蘭奇（Todd Blanche）稍後告訴記者，川普政府將遵守最高法院的裁定。U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters later that the Trump administration would comply with the court's decision.

這不是川普第一次把嚴厲言辭指向自己任命的大法官。最高法院2月否決他廣泛的全球關稅後，川普特別把怒火對準戈薩奇與巴瑞特；最高法院認定他利用一項原本用於國家緊急狀態的法律非法徵收這些關稅，而戈薩奇與巴瑞特在該項6比3裁定中站在多數方。It was not the first time Trump directed harsh words at his own appointees. After the court in February struck down his sweeping global tariffs that it found he had imposed illegally using a law meant for national emergencies, Trump reserved special ire for Gorsuch and Barrett, who were in the majority in that 6-3 ruling.

川普在白宮講台上說：「如果你想知道真相，我認為他們兩個讓自己的家人蒙羞。」"I think it's an embarrassment to their families, you wanna know the truth, the two of them," Trump said from a White House lectern.

在週二的貼文中，川普重提他對關稅裁定的不滿，以及6月另一項反對他試圖限制出生公民權的裁定。In Tuesday's post, Trump revived his grievances about the tariffs ruling and a separate ruling in June against his attempt to restrict birthright citizenship.

選票規定THE BALLOTS RULE

美國郵政署（USPS）這項規定將要求各州提供特定選民資料，並使用經該機構核准、可透過條碼追蹤的郵寄選票信封。郵政署之後可拒絕寄送不符合新標準的選票，或與未出現在名冊上的選民相關的選票。The USPS regulation would have required states to provide voter-specific data and use agency-approved mail-ballot envelopes that would be tracked using barcodes. The Postal Service could then refuse to send out ballots that do not comply with the new standards or are associated with voters who do not appear on the lists.

批評人士警告，隨著11月3日投票日接近，許多州即將計畫向合格選民寄出郵寄選票，這項措施可能干擾數以千計合法選票的投遞，並造成混亂。Critics warned that the measure could disrupt the delivery of thousands of legitimate ballots as the November 3 vote approaches and cause chaos given imminent plans by many states to send out mail ballots to eligible voters.

政府表示，新規定將可防止選民舞弊，儘管這類舞弊的證據罕見。The administration said the new rule would prevent voter fraud, though evidence of such fraud is rare.

川普所屬的共和黨正陷入期中選舉中保住國會控制權的激烈戰局。多項調查顯示，民主黨選民使用郵寄選票的比例較高，因此限制郵寄選票預料將有利於共和黨。Trump's fellow Republicans are locked in a tight battle to retain control of Congress in the midterms. Restricting mail-in ballots would stand to benefit Republicans given that Democratic voters disproportionately use mail-in ballots, according to various surveys.

川普多年來一直質疑郵寄選票的安全性，之後於3月簽署行政命令，將矛頭對準郵寄選票，不過他自己也經常以郵寄方式投票。川普曾對美國選舉出現大規模舞弊提出不實說法，包括他在2020年敗給民主黨籍前總統喬・拜登（Joe Biden）的選舉。Trump signed his executive order targeting mail-in ballots in March after years of casting doubt on their security, though he often votes by mail himself. Trump has made false claims of widespread fraud in U.S. elections including his 2020 loss to former Democratic President Joe Biden.

川普週二談到郵寄選票裁定時寫道：「這對共和黨，以及美國本身，都是重大損失。」"It is a big loss for Republicans, and America itself," Trump wrote on Tuesday of the mail ballot ruling.

美國最高法院近幾個月作出數項選舉相關裁定，對共和黨有利；不過，上週四最高法院阻止密蘇里州使用一張有利於共和黨的重劃國會選區地圖。這對川普及其政黨在11月選舉中維持美國聯邦眾議院微弱多數的機會，是一項挫折。The Supreme Court has delivered several election-related rulings in recent months that have benefited Republicans, although last Thursday it blocked Missouri from using a redrawn congressional map that favors Republicans. That was a setback to Trump and his party's chances of maintaining its ‌slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in November's elections.

（Bhargav Acharya、Doina Chiacu與Andrew Chung報導；Susan Heavey、Caitlin Webber與Will Dunham編輯）(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya, Doina Chiacu and Andrew Chung; Editing by Susan Heavey, Caitlin Webber and Will Dunham)