Trump v. United States
Decided July 1, 2024. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 23-939 · 603 U.S. 593 (2024) · Cited 41 times
Holding
The nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority; he is also entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts; there is no immunity for unofficial acts.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 6
- John G. Roberts, Jr. · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Clarence Thomas · filed a concurring opinion
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Amy Coney Barrett · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 3
- Sonia Sotomayor · filed a dissenting opinion
- Elena Kagan
- Ketanji Brown Jackson · 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).
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Nixon v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 731 (1982)
- United States v. Nixon · 418 U.S. 683 (1974)
- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
- Clinton v. Jones · 520 U.S. 681 (1997)
- Trump v. Vance · 591 U.S. 786 (2020)
- Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · 591 U.S. 197 (2020)
- United States v. Klein · 80 U.S. 128 (1872)
- Zivotofsky v. Kerry · 576 U.S. 1 (2015)
- Chiafalo v. Washington · 591 U.S. 578 (2020)
- United States v. United Mine Workers of America · 330 U.S. 258 (1947)
- Trump v. Hawaii · 585 U.S. 667 (2018)
- Zivotofsky Ex Rel. Zivotofsky v. Clinton · 566 U.S. 189 (2012)
- Abney v. United States · 431 U.S. 651 (1977)
- Myers v. United States · 272 U.S. 52 (1926)
- Morrison v. Olson · 487 U.S. 654 (1988)
- Spalding v. Vilas · 161 U.S. 483 (1896)
- Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization · 597 U.S. 215 (2022)
- Nardone v. United States · 302 U.S. 379 (1937)
- The Pocket Veto Case · 279 U.S. 655 (1929)
- Harlow v. Fitzgerald · 457 U.S. 800 (1982)
- Mitchell v. Forsyth · 472 U.S. 511 (1985)
- Pierson v. Ray · 386 U.S. 547 (1967)
- Olmstead v. United States · 277 U.S. 438 (1928)
- Lucia v. SEC · 585 U.S. 237 (2018)
- Snyder v. Phelps · 562 U.S. 443 (2011)
- United States v. Lee · 106 U.S. 196 (1882)
- Korematsu v. United States · 323 U.S. 214 (1945)
- Huntington v. Attrill · 146 U.S. 657 (1892)
- Dames & Moore v. Regan · 453 U.S. 654 (1981)
- Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. SW Gen., Inc. · 580 U.S. 288 (2017)
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