| No. 21-932 |
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| Title: |
Donald J. Trump, former President of the United States, Petitioner v. Bennie G. Thompson, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, et al. |
| Docketed: | December 23, 2021 |
| Linked with: | 21A272 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (21-5254) |
| Decision Date: | December 9, 2021 |
| Dec 23 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 24, 2022) Petition Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Dec 23 2021 | Application (21A272) for a stay of mandate and injunction pending review, submitted to The Chief Justice. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Dec 23 2021 | Motion for expedited consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by respondents. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Dec 29 2021 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Donald J. Trump filed. Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count |
| Dec 29 2021 | Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by Former Executive Branch Lawyers. Main Document Proof of Service Other |
| Dec 30 2021 | Brief of Executive Branch Respondents in opposition filed. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Dec 30 2021 | Response to application from Executive Branch Respondents filed. Proof of Service Main Document |
| Dec 30 2021 | Brief of respondents Bennie G. Thompson and the House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol in opposition filed. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Dec 30 2021 | Response to application from respondents Bennie G. Thompson and the House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol filed. Main Document Proof of Service |
| Jan 04 2022 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by States United Democracy Center, et al. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Jan 07 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Former White House Chief of Staff Mark R. Meadows filed. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Jan 11 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of Jack Jordan filed. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Jan 11 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of America First Legal Foundation filed. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Jan 13 2022 | Reply of applicant Donald J. Trump filed. Reply Proof of Service |
| Jan 18 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Government Accountability Project, et al. filed. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Jan 19 2022 | Application (21A272) referred to the Court. |
| Jan 19 2022 | The application for stay of mandate and injunction pending review presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is denied. The questions whether and in what circumstances a former President may obtain a court order preventing disclosure of privileged records from his tenure in office, in the face of a determination by the incumbent President to waive the privilege, are unprecedented and raise serious and substantial concerns. The Court of Appeals, however, had no occasion to decide these questions because it analyzed and rejected President Trump’s privilege claims “under any of the tests [he] advocated,” Trump v. Thompson, 20 F. 4th 10, 33 (CADC 2021), without regard to his status as a former President, id., at 40–46. Because the Court of Appeals concluded that President Trump’s claims would have failed even if he were the incumbent, his status as a former President necessarily made no difference to the court’s decision. Id., at 33 (noting no “need [to] conclusively resolve whether and to what extent a court,” at a former President’s behest, may “second guess the sitting President’s” decision to release privileged documents); see also id., at 17 n. 2. Any discussion of the Court of Appeals concerning President Trump’s status as a former President must therefore be regarded as nonbinding dicta. Justice Thomas would grant the application. Statement of Justice Kavanaugh respecting denial of application. (Detached opinion) |
| Jan 19 2022 | Reply of petitioner Donald J. Trump filed. Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service |
| Jan 26 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022. |
| Feb 22 2022 | Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by States United Democracy Center, et al. GRANTED. |
| Feb 22 2022 | Petition DENIED. |