Order Summary: Trump v. Wilcox | Order Date: 5/22/25 | Case No. 24A966

This case comes from the Emergency Docket.

Link to Docket: Here.

Question Presented: Whether the Supreme Court should stay the judgments issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia pending appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and any further proceedings in this Court.

The underlying case involves the questions of whether the President may remove without cause members of the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board, or whether statutory for-cause removal protections for these agency heads violate the President's constitutional authority under Article II to supervise and control officers who exercise executive power on his behalf.

Holding: The Court granted the stay application. The lower court decisions are on hold until the case fully resolves.

Result: The Justices did not sign the order. Justice Kagan filed a dissent from the grant of the stay application and was joined by along with Justices Sotomayor and Justice Jackson.

Link to Opinion: Here.