Emergency application
Donald J. Trump v. New York
What did the Court do?
The Court denied the request on January 9, 2025: the lower court's ruling stays in effect while the appeal continues.
Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case. Justice Thomas, Justice Alito, Justice Gorsuch, and Justice Kavanaugh would have ruled the other way.
What's being asked
A private party asks the Supreme Court to pause (stay) a lower-court ruling from the Appellate Division, Supreme Court of New York, First Judicial Department while the appeal continues. The case is Donald J. Trump v. New York.
What the Court did
Application (24A666) for stay presented to Justice Sotomayor and by her referred to the Court is denied for, <i>inter alia</i>, the following reasons. First, the alleged evidentiary violations at President-Elect Trump’s state-court trial can be addressed in the ordinary course on appeal. Second, the burden that sentencing will impose on the President-Elect’s responsibilities is relatively insubstantial in light of the trial court’s stated intent to impose a sentence of “unconditional discharge” after a brief virtual hearing. Justice Thomas, Justice Alito, Justice Gorsuch, and Justice Kavanaugh would grant the application.
- Dissenting · 4recorded against the Court's order
What it means
This is a temporary order about what happens while the case is decided, not a ruling on who is right. The case continues in the Appellate Division, Supreme Court of New York, First Judicial Department.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A666. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.