legislative-branch
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A496 | Robert W. Feldman v. Colorado | Colorado | 2025-10-30 | Application | cause-of-death executive-branch forensic-pathology legislative-branch separation-of-powers subdelegation | Whether the separation of powers doctrine precludes a county coroner from delegating or allowing testimony about the cause and manner of an unattended… | |
| 25A478 | Todd Blanche, et al. v. Shira Perlmutter | District of Columbia | 2025-10-27 | Application | executive-branch federal-vacancies-reform-act legislative-branch officer-classification presidential-removal separation-of-powers | Whether the Librarian of Congress and Register of Copyrights are executive or legislative branch officers for purposes of presidential removal authori… | |
| 20-5178 | Jimmy Fernetus v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-07-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | cruel-and-unusual-punishment district-court eighth-amendment executive-branch executive-power legislative-branch legislative-power minimum-mandatory-sentence separation-of-powers | Whether the separation of powers doctrine prohibits the legislative and executive branches from forcing a district court judge to impose a minimum man… |
| 18-1322 | The Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos, et al. v. New York City Police Department, et al. | New York | 2019-04-18 | Denied | Response Waived | animal-cruelty establishment-clause executive-branch free-exercise judicial-branch legislative-branch mandamus separation-of-powers standing writ-of-mandamus | Can the New York State Judicial Branch refuse to issue a writ of mandamus when the executive branch defies the legislative branch? |