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Emergency application

Nationwide court orders

Donald J. Trump, President of the United States v. CASA, Inc.

Granted
No. 24A884Stay applicationFiled by the federal governmentPresented to The Chief JusticeFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court granted the request on June 27, 2025: the lower court's ruling is on hold while the appeal continues.

Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.

Filed Ruled 106 days after filing

What's being asked

The federal government asks to pause parts of a court order blocking President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, limiting protection to the plaintiffs. The executive order identifies circumstances when people born in the United States would not be recognized as citizens. The plaintiffs say it violates the Constitution's citizenship guarantee and the Nationality Act.

What the Court did

The Court granted emergency help, temporarily pausing (staying) the injunction only beyond what plaintiffs with standing (the legal right to sue) needed. Barrett delivered the Court's opinion; Roberts signed it; Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch concurred (agreed with the result for different reasons). Sotomayor and Jackson dissented (disagreed); Kagan signed Sotomayor's dissent; the Court did not decide the order's legality.

  • Joined the judgment
  • Concurred in a separate opinion
  • Dissented
  • Wrote separately
Majority · 2joined the Court's opinion
  1. Roberts
  2. Barrett
Concurring · 4agreed with the result, wrote separately
  1. Thomaswrote a concurrence
  2. Alitowrote a concurrence
  3. Gorsuchjoined Thomas's writing
  4. Kavanaughwrote a concurrence
Dissenting · 3recorded against the Court's order
  1. Sotomayorwrote a dissent
  2. Kaganjoined Sotomayor's writing
  3. Jacksonwrote a dissent
The Court's record names every justice's position.
Half of 82 rulings on applications where the Court asked for a response came 10 to 26 days after filing, and the median was 17 days; this one was ruled on 106 days after filing.

What it means

This temporary ruling does not decide who wins the citizenship dispute. The underlying suits remain unresolved in the lower courts, including the Fourth Circuit. The Court heard the application on May 15, 2025.

Separate writings

  • Justice Thomas, joined by Justice Gorsuch, concurring

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  • Justice Kavanaugh concurring

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  • Justice Alito, joined by Justice Thomas, concurring

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  • Justice Jackson dissenting

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  • Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justice Kagan and Justice Jackson, dissenting

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Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A884. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026