No. 25A264
 
Title: Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., Applicants
v.
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, et al.
Docketed: September 4, 2025
Linked with: 25-332
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
   Case Numbers: (25-5261)
 
Proceedings and Orders
Sep 04 2025 Application (25A264) for a stay, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Main Document Lower Court Orders/Opinions Proof of Service
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 submitted.
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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 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)
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
Beau Tremitiere Protect Democracy Project
2020 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 163
Washington, DC 20006

amit.agarwal@protectdemocracy.org
Ph: (202) 579-4582
Party name: Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, et al.


Gregory A. Clarick
Clarick Gueron Reisbaum LLP
41 Madison Avenue
Fl 23
New York, NY 10010

gclarick@cgr-law.com
Ph: 2126334310
Party name: Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, et al.


Aaron Hayes Crowell
Clarick Gueron Reisbaum LLP
41 Madison Avenue
Fl 23
New York, NY 10010

acrowell@cgr-law.com
Ph: 2126334310
Party name: Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, et al.


Other Attorneys
Corbin Knight Barthold
Counsel of Record
TechFreedom
1500 K Street NW, Floor 2
Washington, DC 20005

CBARTHOLD@TECHFREEDOM.ORG
Ph: 7712004997
Party name: TechFreedom


Jeffrey Paul DeSousa
Counsel of Record
Florida Office of the Attorney General
107 W. Gaines Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399

jeffrey.desousa@myfloridalegal.com
Ph: 5088018425
Party name: State of Florida, 22 other States and the Arizona Legislature


Deepak Gupta
Counsel of Record
Gupta Wessler LLP
2001 K Street NW
Suite 850 North
Washington, DC 20006

DEEPAK@GUPTAWESSLER.COM
Ph: (202) 888-1741
Party name: Gwynne A. Wilcox


Erin Morrow Hawley
Counsel of Record
Alliance Defending Freedom
440 First Street NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20001

EHAWLEY@ADFLEGAL.ORG
Ph: 4178343372
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


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, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, Citizens United, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund


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