presidential-authority

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A443 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-10-17 Application Amici (23) executive-power federal-law-enforcement immigration-enforcement national-guard presidential-authority state-preemption Whether the President has the unilateral constitutional authority to deploy the National Guard to protect federal personnel during civil unrest withou…
25-312 Cathy Harris v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. District of Columbia 2025-09-17 Pending administrative-law for-cause-removal merit-systems-protection-board presidential-authority removal-power separation-of-powers 1. Whether Congress may provide by statute that members of the Merit Systems Protection Board—an adjudicatory body that does not make policy—"may be r…
23-1323 Consumers' Research, et al. v. Consumer Product Safety Commission Fifth Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied Amici (11)Relisted (3) administrative-agencies administrative-law agency-structure article-ii civil-procedure constitutional-law executive-power executive-removal humphreys-executor presidential-authority separation-of-powers Whether the for-cause restriction on the President's authority to remove Commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission violates the separati…
23-525 Murphy Company, et al. v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied Amici (4) antiquities-act federal-land-management federal-lands land-use-restrictions national-monument national-monuments oregon-and-california-railroad-and-coos-bay-wagon- presidential-authority presidential-power statutory-interpretation sustained-yield-timber-production Whether the Antiquities Act authorizes the President to declare federal lands part of a national monument where a separate federal statute reserves th…
22-6148 Larry James Bradley v. Florida Florida 2022-11-23 Denied IFP civil-rights commerce-clause due-process enemy-combatant equal-protection fourth-amendment jurisdiction presidential-authority standing statutory-interpretation suspension-clause Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant civil rights statutes and constitutional provisions
21-721 Transpacific Steel LLC, et al. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied Amici (2) delegation-of-legislative-power federal-energy-administration-v-algonquin-sng national-security presidential-authority separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation tariff-imposition tariffs trade-expansion-act-1962 trade-regulation Whether the President exceeded statutory authority under section-232
18-1317 American Institute for International Steel, Inc., et al. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied Amici (3) article-i checks-and-balances constitutional-challenge delegation-doctrine delegation-of-power facial-challenge federal-energy-administration-v-algonquin-sng legislative-power presidential-authority section-232 separation-of-powers steel-tariffs trade-expansion-act trade-expansion-act-1962 trade-expansion-act-of-1962 Whether section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 unconstitutionally delegates legislative power to the President, violating separation of powers
18-5423 Seungjin Kim v. United States Customs and Border Protection District of Columbia 2018-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP asylum asylum-seekers border-entry constitutional-law criminal-activity detention detention-conditions due-process equal-protection immigration-detention immigration-law presidential-authority presidential-powers visa-restrictions Whether inadmissible asylum-seekers who are victims of qualifying criminal activity involving U.S. citizens can be lawfully detained or denied entry u…