President's defamation liability
United States v. E. Jean Carroll
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- The United States asks the Supreme Court to review the Second Circuit’s rejection of the Attorney General’s formal statement that President Trump’s first-term statements were made as part of his federal job under the Westfall Act.
- What's at stake
- For the United States and E. Jean Carroll and others, the Westfall Act question remains unresolved while the petition is pending.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The case asks whether the appeals court interpreted that law correctly.
The case concerns whether statements President Trump made during his first term were within the scope of his federal office under the Westfall Act.
Question presented
Whether the court of appeals misconstrued the Westfall Act, 28 U.S.C. 2679, in rejecting the Attorney General’s certification that statements made by President Trump during his first term fell within the scope of his federal office for purposes of the Act?
What happens next
The Court must decide whether to hear the case. No oral argument or decision date is set.
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