Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP
Decided July 9, 2020. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 19-715 · 591 U.S. ___ (2020)
Holding
The courts below did not take adequate account of the significant separation of powers concerns implicated by congressional subpoenas for the President’s information.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 7
- John G. Roberts, Jr. · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Elena Kagan
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Stephen G. Breyer
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Dissenting · 2
- Clarence Thomas · filed a dissenting opinion
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr. · filed a dissenting opinion
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
Official text
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