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Emergency application

Donald J. Trump, President of the United States v. J.G.G.

Granted
No. 24A931Vacatur applicationFiled by the federal governmentPresented to The Chief JusticeFrom United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

What did the Court do?

The Court granted the request on April 7, 2025 and wiped out (vacated) the lower-court order it challenged.

Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case. Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, Justice Jackson, and Justice Barrett would have ruled the other way.

Filed Ruled 10 days after filing

What's being asked

The federal government asks the Supreme Court to undo (vacate) a lower-court order from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The case is Donald J. Trump, President of the United States v. J.G.G..

What the Court did

Application (24A931) to vacate the orders of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia presented to The Chief Justice and by him referred to the Court is granted. The March 15, 2025 minute orders granting a temporary restraining order and March 28, 2025 extension of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, case No. 1:25-cv-766, are vacated. Justice Kavanaugh concurring (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a931_2c83.pdf'>Opinion</a>). Justice Sotomayor, with whom Justice Kagan and Justice Jackson join, and with whom Justice Barrett joins as to Parts II and III-B dissenting (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a931_2c83.pdf'>Opinion</a>), and Justice Jackson dissenting. (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a931_2c83.pdf'>Opinion</a>). <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a931_2c83.pdf'>Opinion</a> per curiam. (Detached <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a931_2c83.pdf'>Opinion</a>)

Concurring · 1agreed with the result, wrote separately
  1. Kavanaughwrote a concurrence
Dissenting · 1recorded against the Court's order
  1. Jacksonwrote a dissent
Vote not published · 7the order does not say how they voted
  1. Thomas
  2. Roberts
  3. Alito
  4. Sotomayor
  5. Kagan
  6. Gorsuch
  7. Barrett
The order records the positions of 2 of 9 justices. The Court usually does not say how each justice voted on an emergency application, so the rest are shown as not published.
Days from filing to a ruling for 29 rulings on applications where the Court asked for a response since January 1, 2025. The band is the middle half, the tick the median, and the mark this application: ruled 10 days after filing.

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 United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Separate writings

  • Justice Jackson dissenting

  • Justice Kavanaugh concurring

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 24A931. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked September 24, 2026