presidential-immunity

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A250 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States v. E. Jean Carroll Second Circuit 2025-09-02 Presumed Complete defamation federal-tort-claims-act issue-preclusion presidential-immunity scope-of-employment westfall-act Question not identified.
24-6401 Rachel Robertson v. Joseph R. Biden, former President of the United States Sixth Circuit 2025-01-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-242 bivens-doctrine constitutional-rights executive-orders presidential-immunity tenth-amendment The questions presented are as follows: 1. Whether the President of the United States can be prosecuted under 18 U.S.C. § 242 for using the power of h…
24A666 Donald J. Trump v. New York, et al. New York 2025-01-08 Presumed Complete Amici (2) criminal-prosecution executive-power presidential-immunity state-court transition-period trump-v-united-states Whether President Trump is entitled to an automatic stay of criminal proceedings against him in state court while his claims of Presidential immunity …
23-1262 Ikemefuna Stephen Nwoye v. Barack H. Obama, former President of the United States, et ux. Second Circuit 2024-06-04 Denied civil-claim civil-liability continuing-wrong factfinding insufficient-pleading jurisdictional-conflict presidential-immunity pro-se-litigation scope-of-employment statute-of-limitation statute-of-limitations 1. Whether the 2nd Circuit erred in law in upholding the District Court's dismissal of the case on grounds of being frivolous because of presidential …
23A745 Donald J. Trump v. United States District of Columbia 2024-02-12 Dismissed Amici (10) criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy impeachment-clause official-acts presidential-immunity separation-of-powers L Whether the doctrine of absolute presidential immunity includes immunity from criminal prosecution for a President's official acts, i.e., those perf…
23-624 United States v. Donald J. Trump District of Columbia 2023-12-11 Pending Amici (2) constitutional-law constitutional-protection criminal-prosecution due-process executive-immunity executive-privilege impeachment impeachment-clause presidential-immunity presidential-powers Whether a former President is absolutely immune from federal prosecution for crimes committed while in office or is constitutionally protected from fe…
20-330 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States v. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, et al. Second Circuit 2020-09-14 GVR Amici (4)Relisted (2) article-iii constitutional-interpretation domestic-emoluments-clause emoluments-clause foreign-emoluments-clause judicial-review presidential-immunity presidential-powers standing Whether plaintiffs who claim to compete with businesses in which the President of the United States has a financial interest can seek redress in an Ar…
20-331 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States v. District of Columbia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-09-14 GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) abuse-of-discretion district-court domestic-emoluments emoluments-clause foreign-emoluments interlocutory-appeal legal-error mandamus motion-to-dismiss presidential-immunity Whether a writ of mandamus is appropriate to correct the district court's denial of the President's motion to dismiss and refusal to certify an interl…
19-635 Donald J. Trump v. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., in His Official Capacity as District Attorney of the County of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2019-11-18 Judgment Issued Amici (13)Response Waived article-2 article-ii article-two constitutional-law criminal-investigation executive-power grand-jury-subpoena immunity president presidential-immunity separation-of-powers subpoena supremacy-clause Whether this subpoena violates Article II and the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution