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Trump v. Boyle

Emergency application for stay pending appeal is granted on July 23, 2025. Justice Kagan wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson.

Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
25a11 Not Argued Jul 23, 2025 N/A TBD OT 2025

Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should stay the district court's judgment reinstating three members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission who had been removed by President Donald Trump.

Judgment: Emergency application for stay is granted on July 23, 2025. Justice Kavanaugh filed a concurring opinion. Justice Kagan filed a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
07/02/2025Application (25A11) for a stay, submitted to The Chief Justice.
07/02/2025Response to request for administrative stay from respondent Mary Boyle, et al. filed.
07/02/2025Response to application (25A11) requested by The Chief Justice, due by 4p.m. (EDT) on July 11, 2025.
07/11/2025Response to application from respondent Mary Boyle, et al. filed.
07/14/2025Reply of applicant Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. filed.
07/18/2025Letter of applicant Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. filed.
07/23/2025Letter of applicant Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. filed.
07/23/2025Application (25A11) referred to the Court.
07/23/2025Application (25A11) for stay presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is granted. The application is squarely controlled by Trump v. Wilcox, 605 U. S. ___ (2025). Although our interim orders are not conclusive as to the merits, they inform how a court should exercise its equitable discretion in like cases. The stay we issued in Wilcox reflected “our judgment that the Government faces greater risk of harm from an order allowing a removed officer to continue exercising the executive power than a wrongfully removed officer faces from being unable to perform her statutory duty.” Ibid. (slip op., at 1). The same is true on the facts presented here, where the Consumer Product Safety Commission exercises executive power in a similar manner as the National Labor Relations Board, and the case does not otherwise differ from Wilcox in any pertinent respect. The June 13, 2025, order of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, No. 8:25–cv–01628, ECF Doc. 25, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of the Court. Justice Kavanaugh concurs. (Detached Opinion). Justice Kagan, joined by Justice Sotomayor and Justice Jackson, dissents. (Detached Opinion)