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Trump v. New York

Emergency application for stay is denied on Jan. 9, 2025. Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh would grant the application.
Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
24A666 N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2024

Issues: (1) Whether Donald Trump is entitled to an automatic stay of criminal proceedings against him in state court while his claims of presidential immunity from criminal prosecution are addressed on interlocutory appeal to New York’s appellate courts and, if necessary, this court; (2) whether the trial court’s admission and use of evidence of Trump’s official acts in a state-court jury trial on criminal charges violated the doctrine of presidential immunity recognized in Trump v. United States; and (3) whether a sitting president’s complete immunity from criminal prosecution during his term in office extends to the president-elect of the United States during the brief but crucial period between his election, his certification as the president-elect, which has now occurred, and his inauguration, as he conducts presidential transition activities that are integral and preparatory to his imminent assumption of the executive power of the United States.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Jan 08 2025Application (24A666) for a stay, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
Jan 08 2025Response to application (24A666) requested by Justice Sotomayor, due by 10 a.m. (EST), on January 9, 2025.
Jan 09 2025Response to application from respondent New York, et al. filed.
Jan 09 2025Reply of applicant Donald J. Trump filed.
Jan 09 2025Application (24A666) referred to the Court.
Jan 09 2025Application (24A666) for stay presented to Justice Sotomayor and by her referred to the Court is denied for, inter alia, the following reasons. First, the alleged evidentiary violations at President-Elect Trump’s state-court trial can be addressed in the ordinary course on appeal. Second, the burden that sentencing will impose on the President-Elect’s responsibilities is relatively insubstantial in light of the trial court’s stated intent to impose a sentence of “unconditional discharge” after a brief virtual hearing. Justice Thomas, Justice Alito, Justice Gorsuch, and Justice Kavanaugh would grant the application.
Jan 09 2025Brief amicus curiae of Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III and Professor Steven G. Calabresi filed.
Jan 09 2025Amicus brief of Former Public Officials and Legal Scholars submitted.