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Trump v. New Jersey

Emergency application for partial stay granted

Consolidated with:

Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
24a886 May 15, 2025 Jun 27, 2025 6-3 Barrett OT 2024

Holding: Because universal injunctions likely exceed the equitable authority that Congress has granted to federal courts, the court grants the government’s applications for a partial stay of the injunctions entered below regarding the implementation and enforcement of the Trump administration’s Jan. 20 executive order ending birthright citizenship, but only to the extent that the injunctions are broader than necessary to provide complete relief to each plaintiff with standing to sue.

Judgment: Emergency application for partial stay granted, 6-3, in an opinion by Justice Barrett on June 27, 2025. Justice Thomas filed a concurring opinion, joined by Justice Gorsuch. Justice Alito filed a concurring opinion, joined by Thomas. Justice Kavanaugh filed a concurring opinion. Justice Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson. Jackson also filed a dissenting opinion.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
03/13/2025Application (24A886) for a partial stay, submitted to Justice Jackson.
03/14/2025Response to application (24A886) requested by Justice Jackson, due by 4 p.m. (EDT), on April 4, 2025.
03/14/2025Brief amicus curiae of Former National Security Official Joshua Steinman filed. VIDED.
03/14/2025Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed. VIDED.
03/17/2025Brief amicus curiae of David Boyle supporting neither party filed. VIDED.
03/19/2025Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute filed. VIDED.
03/21/2025Brief amicus curiae of Tennessee filed. VIDED.
03/24/2025Brief amicus curiae of Former United States Attorney General Edwin Meese III filed. VIDED.
03/25/2025Brief amicus curiae of William T. Dickson filed. VIDED.
03/28/2025Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed. VIDED.
03/28/2025Brief amici curiae of Iowa, et al. filed. VIDED.
04/02/2025Brief amici curiae of Student Political Research Initiative for New Governance, et al. filed. VIDED.
04/04/2025Response to application from respondents New Jersey, et al. filed.
04/07/2025Reply of applicants Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. filed.
04/07/2025Brief amicus curiae of Professor Mila Sohoni filed. VIDED.
04/17/2025Application (24A886) referred to the Court.
04/17/2025Consideration of the application (24A884) for partial stay presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is deferred pending oral argument. Consideration of the application (24A885) for partial stay presented to Justice Kagan and by her referred to the Court is deferred pending oral argument. Consideration of the application (24A886) for partial stay presented to Justice Jackson and by her referred to the Court is deferred pending oral argument. The applications are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. The applications are set for oral argument at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
04/17/2025SET FOR ARGUMENT at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2025. VIDED.
04/17/2025Amicus brief of Corey J. Biazzo submitted.
04/22/2025Any brief of an amicus curiae must be filed on or before Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
04/22/2025Any motion pertaining to the oral argument in 24A884, 24A885 and 24A886 shall be filed on or before Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
04/22/2025Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Constitutional Law and Immigration filed. VIDED.
04/25/2025Brief amicus curiae of Alan B. Morrison filed. VIDED.
04/28/2025Motion for divided argument filed by respondents in 24A884, 24A885 and 24A886. VIDED.
04/29/2025Brief amici curiae of Professor Gabriel J. Chin, et al. filed. VIDED.
04/29/2025Brief amicus curiae of West Virginia filed. VIDED.
04/29/2025Brief amicus curiae of Common Cause filed. VIDED.
04/29/2025Brief amicus curiae of Professor James E. Pfander supporting neither party filed. VIDED.
04/29/2025Brief amici curiae of Restaurant Law Center, et al. filed. VIDED.
04/29/2025Brief amicus curiae of B.A.M.N. (The Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary) filed. VIDED.
04/29/2025Brief amici curiae of Members of the United States Congress filed. VIDED.
04/29/2025Brief amici curiae of Professor Suzette Malveaux, et al. filed. VIDED.
04/29/2025Brief amicus curiae of National Immigrant Justice Center filed. VIDED.
04/29/2025Brief amici curiae of Local Governments and Local Government Officials filed. VIDED.
04/29/2025Brief amicus curiae of G. Antaeus B. Edelsohn filed. VIDED.
04/29/2025Brief amicus curiae of Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. VIDED.
04/30/2025Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
04/30/2025Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
05/05/2025Motion for divided argument filed by respondents GRANTED. VIDED.
05/15/2025Argued. For applicants: D. John Sauer, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For state and city respondents: Jeremy M. Feigenbaum, Solicitor General, Trenton, N. J. For private respondents: Kelsi B. Corkran, Washington, D. C. VIDED.
06/27/2025Applications for partial stays (24A884, 24A885, and 24A886) granted by the Court. Barrett, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined. Kavanaugh, J., filed a concurring opinion. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kagan and Jackson, JJ., joined. Jackson, J., filed a dissenting opinion. VIDED.