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Blumenthal v. Trump

Petition for certiorari denied on October 13, 2020

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
20-5	D.C. Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2020

Issue: Whether legislators have standing to seek judicial relief when their votes have been "completely nullified" under Raines v. Byrd.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
07/06/2020	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 10, 2020)
07/30/2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 10, 2020 to September 9, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
07/31/2020	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 9, 2020.
08/07/2020	Brief amicus curiae of The Niskanen Center filed.
08/10/2020	Brief amici curiae of Harold H. Bruff, Peter M. Shane, Peter L. Strauss, and Paul R. Verkuil filed.
08/10/2020	Brief amici curiae of Bipartisan Former Members of Congress filed.
08/10/2020	Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Standing, Federal Jurisdiction, and Constitutional Law filed.
08/10/2020	Brief amici curiae of Legal Historians filed.
09/09/2020	Brief of respondent Trump, Donald in opposition filed.
09/22/2020	Reply of petitioners Richard Blumenthal, et al. filed. (Distributed)
09/23/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
10/13/2020	Petition DENIED.