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Senior Legal Correspondent @FDRLST, Of Counsel @NCLALegal, ~25 yrs 7thCir law clerk, former full-time univ. faculty, Catholic conservative, wife to DH/mom to DS

Mar 29, 2025, 32 tweets

NEW🧵of cases against Trump Administration where proceedings have reached Supreme Court. 1/

2/ Office of Personnel Management v. American Federation of Government Employees, 24A904: Trump Admin. seeks stay & vacatur of N.D. of Cal., injunction ordering ~ 6 agencies to offer to reinstate 16,000 fired probationary employees. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…

3/Trump v. New Jersey, 24A886: Trump Admin. seeks partial stay of D.Ct. of Mass. "nationwide" injunction prohibiting Trump from giving affect to his EOs denying birthright citizenship; requests SCOTUS limit injunction to district. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…

4/ Trump v. Washington, 24A885: Trump Admin. seeks partial stay W.D. of Wash. "nationwide" injunction prohibiting Trump from giving affect to his EOs denying birthright citizenship; requests SCOTUS limit injunction to district. Parallel to #3 & #5. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…

5/ Trump v. CASA, 24A884: Trump Admin. seeks partial stay D.Ct. of Maryland, "nationwide" injunction prohibiting Trump from giving affect to his EOs denying birthright citizenship; requests SCOTUS limit injunction to district. Parallel to #3 & 4 above.

6/ Trump v. J.G.G., 24A931: Trump Admin. seeks stay and vacatur of Judge Boasberg's injunction prohibiting removal of terrorists pursuant to Alien Enemies Act. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…

7/ Bessent v. Dellinger, 24A790: Trump sought stay of D.C. D.Ct. injunction ordering Dellinger reinstated as Special Counsel. SCOTUS held in abeyance. D.C. Circuit later granted Trump stay so Dellinger remained fired; Dellinger then dismissed his lawsuit. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…

8/ State Dep't v. AIDS Vaccine, 24A831: Trump sought stay of D.C. D.Ct. Order demanding he pay $2 billion in grants within 36 hours. Justice Roberts entered immediate admin. stay. SCOTUS then denied longer stay but order Judge to be specific & realistic. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…

9/ INTERLUDE: Here is my THREAD with the comprehensive link to the lower court and appellate court dockets for the challenges to the Trump Administration's execution of its American First policies.

5.5/ Link to SCOTUS docket missing from 5 above: supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…

10/ Dept. of Educ. v. California, 24A910: Trump Admin. seeks stay and vacatur of D.Ct. of Mass. injunction that ordered Admin. to reinstate & pay millions in DEI grants canceled by Dept' of Education. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…

2/ One other stay request is pending; and there are seven appeals where stay requests have not yet been filed. This is not yet the full set of appeals as I need to cross check to make sure I have them all. But I thought it was interesting to see where we are now.

3/ One more stay request just filed this in Fourth Circuit in case Maryland v. Dep't of Ag, challenging firings of probationary employees. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

11/ Noem v. Garcia, 24A949: Trump Administration seeks stay and vacatur of D.Ct. of Maryland's order to have Garcia returned from El Salvador prison.
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12/ Trump v. Wilcox/Trump v. Harris, 24A966: Trump Administration seeks stay of lower court order that he reinstate the NLRB Board member and Merit Systems Protection Board member AND to grant cert and hear appeal. supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?Fi…

13/ A.A.R.P. v. Trump, 24A1007: Putative class action seeks order Trump can't remove members of tDa under Alien Enemies Act, where lower courts had not yet certified class or enter order. SCOTUS barred all removes & has yet to rule on application. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…

14/ Social Security Administration v. American Federation of State, County & Mun. Workers, 24A1063: Trump Administration seeks stay of 4th Cir. en banc decision DOGE employees couldn't access PPI in SS system. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…

15/ United States v. Shilling, 24A1030: Trump Administration seeks stay of lower court injunction barring implementation of trans ban in military. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…

16/ Noem v. National TPS, 24A1059: Trump Administration seeks stay of order that bars President from rescinding extension of Temporary Protected Status that Biden granted on way out. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/2…

17/ Trump v. American Federal of Gov't Employes, 24A1106: Trump Administration seeks stay of lower court ordering halt to RIF and mandating government provide documents to unions. 9th Cir. hasn't ruled on stay request for weeks.

18/ US DOGE v. Citizens for Ethical Responsibility, 24A1122: Trump seeks stay of discovery ordering DOGE provide all recommendations made in FOIA case to determine if DOGE is covered by FOIA. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/2…

19/ DHS v. DVD, 24A1153: Trump seeks stay of injunction related to removal of criminal aliens to third countries absent jumping through hopes to ensure no Convention Against Torture concerns. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/2…

20/ Trump v. American Fed. of Gov't Employees, 24A1175: Trump seeks stay of injunction barring mass firings of various agencies. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…

20/ *Should be 24A1174

21/ Trump v. Boyle, 25A11: Trump seek immediate stay of lower court order countermanding Trump's firing of Consumer Protection Safety Commission members and reinstatement. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…

22/ National Institute of Health v. American Public Health Ass., 25A103: Trump seeks immediate stay of lower court order requiring feds to pay DEI grants. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/2…

23/ Trump v. V.O.S., 25-205: Trump Administration seeks to appeal ruling by federal circuit that he lacks tariff authority. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…

24/ Trump v. Slaughter, et. al. 25A264: Seeking stay of order reinstating members of FTC. Administrative stay granted. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…

25/ Trump v. Illinois, 25A443: Seeking stay of order barring Trump from using federalized national guard in Chicago. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/2…

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