Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition
Emergency application for stay
Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should stay a district court order requiring the Trump administration to make available for obligation billions of dollars in appropriated foreign-aid funds.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Groups urge Supreme Court to direct Trump administration to spend billions of withheld foreign aid funds (Amy Howe, September 12, 2025)
- What currently remains on the emergency docket (Kelsey Dallas, September 12, 2025)
- Trump administration asks SCOTUS once again for ability to freeze billions in foreign aid (Amy Howe, September 8, 2025)
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 09/08/2025 | Application (25A269) for a stay, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| 09/08/2025 | Opposition to Request for Immediate Administrative Stay of Global Health Council, et al. submitted. |
| 09/09/2025 | Order entered by The Chief Justice: Upon consideration of the application of counsel for the applicants, it is ordered that the September 3, 2025 order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, case Nos. 1:25-cv-400 and 1:25-cv-402, is hereby partially stayed for funds that are subject to the President’s August 28, 2025 recission proposal currently pending before Congress pending further order of The Chief Justice or of the Court. It is further ordered that a response to the application be filed on or before Friday, September 12th, 2025, by 4 p.m. (EDT). |
| 09/11/2025 | Amicus brief of Alan B. Morrison submitted. |
| 09/12/2025 | Amicus brief of Representative Rosa L. DeLauro submitted. |
| 09/12/2025 | Response of Global Health Council, et al. to application submitted. |