Argued

No. 25-365

Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Barbara, et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

See other cases from the First Circuit.

Docket Entries

Argued. For petitioners: D. John Sauer, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Cecillia D. Wang, San Francisco, Cal.

Reply of petitioners Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Corey J. Biazzo, filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Race Law Scholars filed. (Distributed)

Amicus brief of Race Law Scholars not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - March 02, 2026)

Brief amici curiae of Faith-Based Organizations filed. (Distributed)

Amicus brief of Faith-Based Organizations not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - March 03, 2026.)

Brief amici curiae of First Focus on Children, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Professors Caitlin Patler, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Charitable Irish Society of Boston, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Reprieve, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of South Asian American Justice Collaborative, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Originalist Scholars Evan D. Bernick, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Elected Officials, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of The Emory Civil Rights Society filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Secure Families Initiative, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of The Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Global Strategic Litigation Council, et al filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Project Rousseau filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Constitutional Law and Immigration filed. (Corrected - February 26, 2026.) (Distributed)

Amicus brief of Scholars of Constitutional Law and Immigration not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - February 26, 2026)

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Eric L. Muller filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Federal Indian Law Scholars Gregory Ablavsky, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Historian Martha S. Jones, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of The Society for the Rule of Law Institute and Former White House Lawyers, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of LatinoJustice PRLDEF, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of CASA, The League of United Latin American Citizens, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of State of New Jersey, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Black Immigrants’ Rights Organizations filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Keith Whittington filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Local Governments, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Neutral Principles filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of The Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies at The University of California, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Tyler Anbinder, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Chinese American Legal Defense Alliance filed.(Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Amanda L. Tyler filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Brief amici curiae of Professor Gabriel J. Chin, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of 19 Labor Organizations filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Akhil Reed Amar filed. (Distributed)

Brief of amici curiae Members of Congress filed. (Electronic and paper copies to be corrected - February 24, 2026.)

Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed. (Corrected brief - February 26, 2026.) (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Barbara, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of David Boyle filed.

Brief amici curiae of Citizenship Law Scholars filed.

Record received electronically from the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire and available with the Clerk.

Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.

Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Brief amici curiae of Professor Gerard N. Magliocca filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.

Brief amicus curiae of William T. Dickson filed. (Corrected)

Brief amici curiae of Senator Ted Cruz, et al. filed.

Amicus brief of William T. Dickson not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - February 6, 2026.)

Brief amicus curiae of America First Policy Institute filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.

Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Richard A. Epstein filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Honorable Edwin Meese III filed.

Brief amici curiae of Tennessee, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Coolidge Reagan Foundation filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Christian Family Coalition of Florida (CFC), Inc. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Michael T. Morley, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Former National Security Official Joshua Steinman filed. (Corrected)

Amicus brief of Former National Security Official Joshua Steinman not accepted for filing. (Corrected PDF to be submitted - January 29, 2026.)

Brief amici curiae of Claudia Tenney, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Kirkwood Institute, Inc., et al. filed. (Corrected)

Amicus brief of Kirkwood Institute, et al. not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - February 4, 2026)

Brief amicus curiae of Federation for American Immigration Reform filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Ilan Wurman filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Center for Renewing America filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Article III Project filed.

Brief amici curiae of Senator Eric Schmitt, et al. filed.

Brief of petitioners Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. filed.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al.

Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.

Reply of petitioner Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.

Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioners.

Brief of respondents Barbara, et al. in opposition filed.

Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of U.S. Senators Ted Cruz, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Corey J. Biazzo, Esq., et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Brief of Christian Family Coalition of Florida (CFC), Inc. filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Federation for American Immigration Reform, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Tennessee, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of 18 Members of the Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives filed. VIDED.

Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due October 29, 2025)

Parties

Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., Petitioner, represented by D. John Sauer

Barbara, et al., Respondent, represented by Cody Hirt Wofsy

Barbara, et al., Respondent, represented by Cecillia Derphine Wang

Amici Curiae

18 Members of the Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives, Amicus Curiae, represented by R. Trent McCotter

America First Policy Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brian Kirk Kelsey

American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michelle Antwinette Behnke

America's Future, Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, Citizens United, Tennessee Firearms Association, Tennessee Firearms Foundation, Judicial Action Group Foundation, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Jeffrey Olson

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, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Jeffrey Olson

Article III Project, Amicus Curiae, represented by Stephen Porter Halbrook

Black Immigrants’ Rights Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Raymond Patrick Tolentino

Brief of Christian Family Coalition of Florida (CFC), Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Dennis Grossman

CASA, The League of United Latin American Citizens, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by John Arak Freedman

Cato Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas Arthur Berry

Center for Renewing America, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II

Charitable Irish Society of Boston and Pioneer New England Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher A. Duggan

Chinese American Legal Defense Alliance, Amicus Curiae, represented by Justin Mark Sadowsky

Citizenship Law Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Noah Adam Levine

Claudia Tenney, Andy Biggs, Cory Mills, John Rose, and Barry Moore, Amicus Curiae, represented by Philip Joseph Vecchio

Coolidge Reagan Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Dan Backer

Corey J. Biazzo, Esq. and Kevin Song, Amicus Curiae, represented by Corey John Biazzo

Current and Former Elected Officials and Judges from U.S. Territories, Amicus Curiae, represented by Neil C. Weare

David Boyle, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Christopher Boyle

Faith-Based Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gregory L. Diskant

Federal Indian Law Scholars Gregory Ablavsky and Bethany Berger, Amicus Curiae, represented by Anisha Sasheen Dasgupta

Federation for American Immigration Reform, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher J. Hajec

Federation for American Immigration Reform and Landmark Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher J. Hajec

First Focus on Children, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mary Kelly Persyn

Former National Security Official Joshua Steinman, Amicus Curiae, represented by Judd Edward Stone II

Former United States Attorney General Edwin Meese III, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Christian Adams

Gerard N. Magliocca, et. al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Gerard N. Magliocca

Global Strategic Litigation Council et al, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ian Matthew Kysel

Historians Martha S. Jones and Kate Masur, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard B. Kendall

LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Afro-Latino Forum, Hispanic Federation, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by David Carrillo Casarrubias-Gonzalez

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the League of Women Voters, the Equal Justice Society, the National Urban League, and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Amicus Curiae, represented by Olivia Nicole Sedwick

Local Governments and Local Government Leaders, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan B. Miller

Members of Congress, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan T. Weinberg

Michael T. Morley and Florida State University Election Law Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael T. Morley

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Wendy Mengwen Feng

Neutral Principles, Amicus Curiae, represented by Erik S. Jaffe

New Jersey, Washington, Massachusetts, California, and 21 Other State and Local Governments, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeremy Michael Feigenbaum

Originalist Scholars Evan D. Bernick and Jed H. Shugerman, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brendan Colin Benedict

Professor Akhil Reed Amar, Amicus Curiae, represented by Vikram David Amar

Professor Amanda L. Tyler, Amicus Curiae, represented by Amanda Lynn Tyler

Professor Eric L. Muller, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Tatsuo Nakahata

Professor Ilan Wurman, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ilan Wurman

Professor Keith Whittington, Amicus Curiae, represented by Erik S. Jaffe

Professor Richard A. Epstein, Amicus Curiae, represented by Benjamin Michael Flowers

Professors Caitlin Patler, Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Peter Catron, Chloe East, Erin Hamilton, Amy Hsin, Cecilia Menjivar, Robert Smith, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Maria-Elena Young, and 131 Others, Amicus Curiae, represented by Rachel Williams Dempsey

Professors Gabriel J. Chin, Paul Finkelman, and Erika Lee, Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew Shi-Chen Ong

Project Rousseau, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ilan Rosenberg

Race Law Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Tiffany Alora Thomas

Reprieve, Reprieve US Inc., Institute of Race Relations, Zoe Bantleman, Prof. Devyani Prabhat, and Dr. Timothy Jacob-Owens, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michelle Shane Kallen

Scholars of Constitutional Law and Immigration, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brianne Jenna Gorod

Secure Families Initiative, The Chamberlain Network, Black Veterans Project, And Foreign-Born Military Spouse Network, Amicus Curiae, represented by Danielle Marie Lang

Senator Eric Schmitt and Representative Chip Roy, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles Justin Cooper

Senator Ted Cruz, Representative Jim Jordan, and Other Members of Congress, Amicus Curiae, represented by James Ryan Conde

Service Employees International Union, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven Kenneth Ury

South Asian American Justice Collaborative And Other Organizations Serving South Asian Communities, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Morris Gossett

South Asian American Justice Collaborative And Other Organizations Serving South Asian Communities, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thaila Kamala Sundaresan

Tennessee, Iowa, and 22 Other States, Amicus Curiae, represented by James Matthew Rice

The Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies at The University of California, Davis, School of Law, and Constitutional, Civil Rights and Other Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Juan Otoniel Perla

The Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, Amicus Curiae, represented by John C. Eastman

The Emory Civil Rights Society, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul Robert Koster

The Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, The Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice, And 71 Additional Nonprofit and Grassroots Organizations and Race and Law Centers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan D. Hacker

The Kirkwood Institute, Hans Von Spakovsky, and Amy Swearer, Amicus Curiae, represented by Alan Roger Ostergren

The Society for the Rule of Law Institute and Former White House Lawyers, Senior Government Officials, Federal Judges, Governors, and Members of Congress who were Appointed or Nominated by Republican Presidents, or Elected as Republicans, Amicus Curiae, represented by Tadhg Aodh Joseph Dooley

Tyler Anbinder, Garrett Epps and Aviam Soifer, Amicus Curiae, represented by Vincent Gregory Levy

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops & Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew Theodore Martens

U.S. Senators Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, Ted Budd, Bernie Moreno, Jim Banks, Mike Lee, Kevin Cramer, Cindy Hyde-Smith, and Marsha Blackburn, Amicus Curiae, represented by R. Trent McCotter

William T. Dickson, Amicus Curiae, represented by William T. Dickson

 
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