No. 25-332
 
Title: Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., Petitioners
v.
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, et al.
Docketed: September 22, 2025
Linked with: 25A264
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
   Case Numbers: (25-5261)
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Sep 04 2025 Application (25A264) for a stay, submitted to The Chief Justice.
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Sep 05 2025 Response to request for administrative stay from respondents Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, et al. filed.
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Sep 08 2025 Order entered by The Chief Justice: Upon consideration of the application of counsel for the applicants, it is ordered that the July 17, 2025 order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, case No. 1:25-cv-909, is hereby stayed pending further order of The Chief Justice or of the Court. It is further ordered that a response to the application be filed on or before Monday, September 15th, 2025, by 4 p.m. (EDT).
Sep 10 2025 Brief amici curiae of Florida, et al. filed.
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Sep 11 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Christian Employers Alliance filed.
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Sep 15 2025 Response to application from respondent Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, et al. filed.
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Sep 15 2025 Brief amicus curiae of TechFreedom filed.
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Sep 15 2025 Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
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Sep 15 2025 Letter from counsel for petitioner Gwynne A. Wilcox in case No. 25-319 filed.
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Sep 15 2025 Letter of Cathy Harris filed.
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Sep 16 2025 Reply of applicant Donald J. Trump, et al. filed.
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Sep 22 2025 Application (25A264) referred to the Court.
Sep 22 2025 Petition for writ of certiorari before judgment GRANTED. (Detached Opinion)
Sep 22 2025 Application (25A264) for stay presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is granted. The July 17, 2025 order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, No. 25–cv–909, ECF Doc. 52, is stayed. The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment, and the petition is granted (case No. 25-332). The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether the statutory removal protections for members of the Federal Trade Commission violate the separation of powers and, if so, whether Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, 295 U. S. 602 (1935), should be overruled. (2) Whether a federal court may prevent a person’s removal from public office, either through relief at equity or at law. The Clerk is directed to establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be argued in the December 2025 argument session. The stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court. Justice Kagan, joined by Justice Sotomayor, and Justice Jackson, dissents. (Detached Opinion)
Sep 29 2025 The joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits are to be filed on or before Friday, October 10, 2025. Respondents' brief on the merits is to be filed on or before Friday, November 7, 2025. The reply brief is to be filed on or before Monday, November 24, 2025.
Oct 10 2025 Brief of petitioners Donald J. Trump, et al. filed.
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Oct 10 2025 Joint appendix filed.
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Oct 14 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
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Oct 16 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Ilan Wurman filed.
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Oct 16 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
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Oct 17 2025 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 8, 2025.
Oct 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
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Oct 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Christian Employers Alliance filed.
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Oct 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Michael T. Morley in support of neither party filed.
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Oct 17 2025 Brief amici curiae of Ariana Cortes, et al. filed.
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Oct 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed.
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Oct 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
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Oct 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
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Oct 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed.
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Oct 17 2025 Brief amici curiae of The Honorable Edwin Meese III, et al. filed.
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Oct 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Maud Maron in support of neither party filed.
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Oct 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
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Oct 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
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Oct 17 2025 Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
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Oct 17 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Cathy Harris in support of neither party filed.
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Oct 17 2025 Amicus brief of J. Christian Adams submitted.
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Oct 17 2025 Amicus brief of U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution submitted.
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Oct 22 2025 Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Oct 22 2025 CIRCULATED
Oct 24 2025 Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Oct 24 2025 Amicus brief of America First Legal Foundation submitted.
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Oct 30 2025 Record received from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
Ph: 202-514-2217
Party name: Donald J. Trump, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Amitabh Agarwal
Counsel of Record
Protect Democracy Project
2020 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 163
Washington, DC 20006
amit.agarwal@protectdemocracy.org
Ph: (202) 993-1412
Party name: Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, et al.


Other Attorneys
Jonathan F. Mitchell
Counsel of Record
Mitchell Law PLLC
111 Congress Avenue
Suite 400
Austin, TX 78701
jonathan@mitchell.law
Ph: (512) 686-3940
Party name: America First Legal Foundation


Cory L. Andrews
Counsel of Record
Washington Legal Foundation
2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
CANDREWS@WLF.ORG
Ph: 2025880302
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation


Thomas Arthur Berry
Counsel of Record
Cato Institute
1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
tberry@cato.org
Ph: 443-254-6330
Party name: Cato Institute


John J. Bursch
Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001
jbursch@adflegal.org
Ph: (616) 450-4235
Party name: Christian Employers Alliance


Markham Sterling Chenoweth
Counsel of Record
New Civil Liberties Alliance
4250 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22203
mark.chenoweth@ncla.legal
Ph: (202) 869-5210
Party name: New Civil Liberties Alliance


Oliver James Dunford
Counsel of Record
Pacific Legal Foundation
4440 PGA Boulevard
Suite 307
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
ODUNFORD@PACIFICLEGAL.ORG
Ph: 916.503.9060
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation


John C. Eastman
Counsel of Record
Constitutional Counsel Group
444 W Ocean Blvd, Ste 1403
Long Beach, CA 90802
jeastman@ccg1776.com
Ph: (562) 435-9062
Party name: The Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence


Steven Andrew Engel
Counsel of Record
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
STEVEN.ENGEL@DECHERT.COM
Ph: 2022613378
Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America


Matthew Conrad Forys
Counsel of Record
Landmark Legal Foundation
19415 Deerfield Avenue, Suite 312
Leesburg, VA 20176
MATT@LANDMARKLEGAL.ORG
Ph: 703-554-6100
Party name: Landmark Legal Foundation


Alan Gura
Counsel of Record
Institute for Free Speech
1150 Connecticut Avenue N.W.
Suite 801
Washington, DC 20036
AGURA@IFS.ORG
Ph: 202.301.3300
Party name: Maud Maron


Erin Morrow Hawley
Counsel of Record
Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001
EHAWLEY@ADFLEGAL.ORG
Ph: 2023938690
Party name: Christian Employers Alliance


Neal Kumar Katyal
Counsel of Record
Milbank LLP
1101 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
nkatyal@milbank.com
Ph: 202-835-7505
Party name: Cathy Harris


Thomas Ryan McCarthy
Counsel of Record
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209
TOM@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM
Ph: 7032439423
Party name: U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution


Jonathan F. Mitchell
Counsel of Record
Mitchell Law PLLC
111 Congress Avenue
Suite 400
Austin, TX 78701
jonathan@mitchell.law
Ph: (512) 686-3940
Party name: J. Christian Adams


Michael T. Morley
Counsel of Record
Florida State University, Election Law Center
425 W. Jefferson Street
Tallahassee, FL 07016
mmorley@law.fsu.edu
Ph: 8607783883
Party name: Professor Michael T. Morley


William Jeffrey Olson
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180
WJO@MINDSPRING.COM
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: America's Future, Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, Citizens United, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund


Michael David Pepson
Counsel of Record
Americans for Prosperity Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 1000
Arlington, VA 22203
mpepson@afphq.org
Ph: 5713294529
Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation


Jay Alan Sekulow
Counsel of Record
American Center for Law and Justice
201 Maryland Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
sekulow@aclj.org
Ph: 2025468890
Party name: American Center for Law and Justice


Aaron Becket Solem
Counsel of Record
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
8001 Braddock Rd
Springfield, VA 22160
abs@nrtw.org
Ph: 7033218510
Party name: Ariana Cortes and Logan Karam


Natalie Deyo Thompson
Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street, N.W.
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001
nthompson@adflegal.org
Ph: 5718371120
Party name: Christian Employers Alliance


Amit R. Vora
Counsel of Record
Kasowitz LLP
1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
avora@kasowitz.com
Ph: (212) 506-1834
Party name: The Honorable Edwin Meese III, The Honorable Michael B. Mukasey, Professor Steven G. Calabresi, and Professor Christopher S. Yoo


Ilan Wurman
Counsel of Record
University of Minnesota Law School
229 S 19th Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
iwurman@umn.edu
Ph: 6126248816
Party name: Ilan Wurman