Trump v. Pennsylvania

Consolidated with:

Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
19-454	3rd Cir.	May 6, 2020	Jul 8, 2020	7-2	Thomas	OT 2019

Holding: The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury had authority under the Affordable Care Act to promulgate rules exempting employers with religious or moral objections from providing contraceptive coverage to their employees.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 7-2, in an opinion by Justice Thomas on July 8, 2020. Justice Alito filed a concurring opinion, in which Justice Gorsuch joined. Justice Kagan filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Justice Breyer joined. Justice Ginsburg filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Sotomayor joined.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Live blog of opinions (Update: Completed) (Kalvis Golde, July 8, 2020)
Opinion analysis: Court rejects challenge to exemptions from birth-control mandate (Amy Howe, July 8, 2020)
Educational seminar: Debrief of Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania (Katie Bart, May 8, 2020)
Argument analysis: After marathon argument, little consensus on future of birth-control mandate exemptions (Amy Howe, May 6, 2020)
Educational seminar: Preview of Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania (Katie Bart, May 1, 2020)
Argument preview: Justices tackle challenge to conscience exemptions from birth-control mandate (Amy Howe, April 29, 2020)
Court sets cases for May telephone arguments, will make live audio available (Amy Howe, April 13, 2020)
Court releases April calendar (Amy Howe, February 21, 2020)
Justices add three new hours of argument to calendar (Amy Howe, January 17, 2020)
Relist Watch (John Elwood, January 14, 2020)
Petitions of the week (Andrew Hamm, November 8, 2019)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
10/03/2019	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 6, 2019)
10/22/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 6, 2019 to December 16, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
10/24/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part; the time is extended to and including December 9, 2019.
10/31/2019	Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed. VIDED.
11/01/2019	Brief amici curiae of 92 Members of Congress filed. VIDED.
11/01/2019	Brief amicus curiae of The States Of Texas, et al. filed. VIDED.(11/5/2019)
11/01/2019	Brief amici curiae of The Cato Institute, et al. filed. VIDED
11/05/2019	Amicus brief of The States Of Texas, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, And West Virginia not accepted for filing. (November 04, 2019)(Corrected version submitted)
11/06/2019	Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed. VIDED.
12/09/2019	Brief of respondents Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al. in opposition filed.
12/20/2019	Reply of petitioners Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. filed.
12/23/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
01/13/2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020.
01/17/2020	Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 19-431 is granted. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED.
01/17/2020	Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 19-431. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-431. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.”
02/21/2020	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. VIDED.
02/26/2020	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 3rd Circuit.
03/04/2020	Amicus brief of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al. not accepted for filing. (March 19, 2020 -- Filed in lead case)
03/19/2020	CIRCULATED
03/19/2020	The record received from the U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Pennsylvania has been electronically filed.
04/03/2020	ORAL ARGUMENT POSTPONED. VIDED.
04/13/2020	Argument to be rescheduled for May 2020. VIDED.
04/15/2020	RESCHEDULED FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. VIDED.
05/06/2020	Argued. For petitioners in 19-454: Noel J. Francisco, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For petitioner in 19-431: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Michael J. Fischer, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Philadelphia, Pa. VIDED.
07/08/2020	Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined. Kagan, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Breyer, J., joined. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., joined. VIDED.
08/10/2020	JUDGMENT ISSUED.