by Norman L. Eisen, Ryan Goodman, Siven Watt and Francois Barrilleaux
March 21, 2024
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Relevant Court and Administrative Proceedings
I. Colorado
U.S. Supreme Court, Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson, et al., Case No.: 23-719
Decision
- Opinion per curiam, reversing the judgment of the Colorado Supreme Court (March 4, 2024)
- Barrett, J., opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment (March 4, 2024)
- Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson, JJ., opinion concurring in the judgment (March 4, 2024)
Parties Briefs and Joint Appendix
- Colorado Republican State Central Committee reply brief in support of reversal (Feb. 5, 2024)
- Trump reply brief support of his petition of the Colorado Supreme Court decision disqualifying him from the state ballot (Feb. 5, 2024)
- Brief of respondents Norma Anderson, et al. in Trump petition of the Colorado Supreme Court decision disqualifying him from the state ballot (Jan. 26, 2024)
- Joint appendix in Trump petition of the Colorado Supreme Court decision disqualifying him from the state ballot (volumes 1-4) (Jan. 20, 2024)
- Trump brief in support of his petition of the Colorado Supreme Court decision disqualifying him from the state ballot (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief of Colorado Republican State Central Committee in support of reversal (Jan. 17, 2024)
Amicus Briefs
- Amicus brief of Professors Orville Vernon Burton, Allan J. Lichtman, Nell Irwin Painter, James M. McPherson, Manisha Sinha, et. al. in support of respondents (Jan. 26, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of G. Antaeus B. Edelsohn in support of respondents (Jan. 21, 2024)
- Amicus brief of Gavin M. Wax, New York Young Republican Club Inc., and National Constitutional Law Union Inc. in support of Trump petition (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. in support of Trump petition (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amici curiae of The Secretaries of State of Missouri, et al. in support of neither party (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in support of neither party (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of Christian Family Coalition (CFC) Florida, Inc. in support of Trump petition (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of Kansas in support of Trump petition (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amici curiae of Republican National Committee and National Republican Congressional Committee in support of Trump petition (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of U.S. Term Limits in support of neither party (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amici curiae of Former Attorneys General Edwin Meese III, et al. in support of Trump petition (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amici curiae of Professors and Legal Scholars in support of neither party (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amici curiae of Kansas Republican Party and 32 Other State and Territorial Republican Parties in support of Trump petition (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of Larry Kidd in support of Trump petition (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of Professor James T. Lindgren in support of Trump petition (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of Chuck Gray, Secretary of State of Wyoming in support of Trump petition (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amici curiae of Terpsehore “Tore” Maras, et al. in support of Trump petition (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amici curiae of Akhil Reed Amar, et al. in support of neither party (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amici curiae of Indiana, et al. in support of Trump petition (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of The Honorable Peter Meijer in support of Trump petition (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of David Boyle in support of neither party (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amici curiae of Edward B. Foley, et al. in support of neither party (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amici curiae of Former United States Attorneys Robert S. Brewer, et al. in support of Trump (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund in support of neither party (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amici curiae of Brennan Center for Justice, et al. in support of neither party (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amici curiae of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, and 177 Other Members of Congress in support of Trump petition (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of Derek T. Muller in support of neither party (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation in support of Trump petition (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York in support of neither party (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amici curiae of Senator Steve Daines & National Republican Senatorial Committee in support of Trump petition (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of Condemned USA in support of Trump petition (Jan. 17, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of James Madison Center for Free Speech in support of Trump petition (Jan. 17, 2024)
- Brief amici curiae of Children's Rights Legal Scholars and Advocates in support of neither party (Jan. 17, 2024)
- Brief amici curiae of Devin Watkins and Charles Watkins in support of Trump petition (Jan. 17, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of The Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence in support of Trump petition (Jan. 17, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of Pearl O. Madrial in support of Trump petition (Jan. 17, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of The League for Sportsmen, Law Enforcement and Defense in support of Trump petition (Jan. 17, 2024)
- Brief amicus curiae of Jack Coben in support of neither party (Jan. 17, 2024)
- Brief amici curiae of 102 Colorado Registered Electors in support of Trump petition (Jan. 16, 2024)
- Amicus brief of 102 Colorado Registered Electors in support of Trump petition (Jan. 16, 2024)
- Amicus brief of Public Interest Legal Foundation and Hans von Spakovsky in support of Trump petition (Jan. 16, 2024)
- Amicus brief (and appendix) of Ryan Binkley, Binkley for President 2024, Wisconsin Voter Alliance, Pure Integrity Michigan Elections, and Michigan Fair Elections in support of neither party (Jan. 16, 2024)
- Amicus brief of William Jones in support of Trump petition (Jan. 16, 2024)
- Amicus brief of Professor Kurt T. Lash in support of Trump petition (Jan. 16, 2024)
- Amicus brief of David E. Weisberg in support of Trump petition (Jan. 15, 2024)
- Amicus brief of Landmark Legal Foundation in support of Trump petition (Jan. 11, 2024)
- Amicus brief of Vivek Ramaswamy in support of Trump petition (Jan. 11, 2024)
- Amicus brief of Professor Seth Barrett Tillman in support of Trump petition (Jan. 9, 2024)
- Amicus brief of States of Indiana, West Virginia, 25 Other States, and the Arizona Legislature in support of Trump petition (Jan. 5, 2024)
- Amicus brief of Republican National Committee and National Republican Congressional Committee in support of Trump petition (Jan. 5, 2024)
- Amicus brief of Senator Steve Daines & National Republican Senatorial Committee in support of Trump petition (Jan. 4, 2024)
Petition for writ of certiorari
- Order granting Trump petition for writ of certiorari, setting briefing schedule and oral argument: Trump brief and amicus curiae briefs in support – Jan. 18; respondents brief and amicus curiae briefs in support – Jan. 31; Trump reply brief – Feb. 5, 5 PM; oral argument – Feb. 8 (Jan. 5, 2024)
- Brief of Anderson respondents in response to Trump petition and supplemental appendix (Jan. 4, 2024)
- Letter from counsel for nominal respondent Colorado Republican State Central Committee notifying the court of their (1) intention not to file a response to Trump petition, and (2) agreement with and adoption of Trump’s petition (Jan. 4, 2024)
- Trump petition for writ of certiorari (Jan. 3, 2024)
Other filings and orders
- Motion of Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold for divided argument submitted (Jan. 26, 2024)
- Trump motion for an extension of time to file the joint appendix (Jan. 17, 2024)
- Record received electronically from the Denver District Court and available with the Clerk (Jan. 16, 2024)
- Any motion pertaining to Feb. 8 oral argument, including leave to argue as amicus curiae or for additional allotted time, to be filed by Jan. 29 (Jan. 12, 2024)
- Record requested from the Denver District Court (Jan. 11, 2024)
- Record received electronically from the Supreme Court of Colorado and available with the Clerk (Jan. 9, 2024)
- Record requested from the Supreme Court of Colorado (Jan. 8, 2024)
- Order regarding question presented for briefing and oral argument: “Did the Colorado Supreme Court err in ordering President Trump excluded from the 2024 presidential primary ballot?” (Jan. 5, 2024)
U.S. Supreme Court, Colorado Republican State Central Committee v. Norma Anderson, et al., Case No.: 23-696
- Amicus brief of 45 Colorado Registered Electors as Amici Curiae in Support of petitioner (Jan. 5, 2024)
- Amicus brief of Public Interest Legal Foundation and Hans von Spakovsky in support of petitioner (Jan. 4, 2024)
- Trump counsel letter to clerk waiving response of Trump (Jan. 4, 2024)
- Colorado Republican State Central Committee reply brief in opposition to Anderson respondents and Secretary of State of Colorado briefs (Jan. 4, 2024)
- Amicus brief of Brian J. Martin in support of issuance of writ of certiorari (Jan. 4, 2024)
- Waiver of right of respondent Trump to respond (Jan. 4, 2024)
- Amicus brief of Senator Steve Daines & National Republican Senatorial Committee in support of petitioner (Jan. 3, 2024)
- Secretary of State of Colorado, respondent brief in support of a partial grant of certiorari (Jan. 2, 2024)
- Anderson respondents brief in response to Colorado Republican State Central Committee petition for writ of certiorari (and supplemental appendix) (Jan. 2, 2024)
- Response of the Anderson respondents to Colorado Republican State Central Committee Dec. 27 motion to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari and to expedite merits briefing and oral argument in the event the petition is granted (Dec. 28, 2023)
- Motion of the Anderson respondents to expedite briefing on the petition for a writ of certiorari and for expedited merits briefing if the petition is granted (Dec. 27, 2023)
- Motion of Colorado Republican State Central Committee to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari and to expedite merits briefing and oral argument in the event the petition is granted (Dec. 27, 2023)
- Colorado Republican State Central Committee petition for writ of certiorari (Dec. 27, 2023)
Colorado Supreme Court, Case No.: 2023SA300
Colorado District Court, Case No.: 2023CV32577
- District court opinion finding Trump engaged in insurrection but rejecting 14th Amendment challenge (Nov. 17, 2023)
- Initial complaint challenging the listing of Trump on the ballot (Sept. 6, 2023)
II. Maine
Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Donald J. Trump v. Shenna Bellow, Secretary of State of Maine, Case No.: Ken-24-24
- Order dismissing as moot Trump motion to clarify the status of briefing schedule (Jan. 24, 2024)
- Trump motion to clarify the state of briefing schedule (Jan. 23, 2024)
- Trump showing cause why the appeal should be dismissed as interlocutory (Jan. 23, 2024)
- Secretary of State showing cause why the appeal should not be dismissed as interlocutory (Jan. 23, 2024)
- Maine voter showing cause why the appeal should not be dismissed as interlocutory (Jan. 23, 2024)
- Parties-in-Interest showing cause why the appeal should not be dismissed as interlocutory (Jan. 23, 2024)
- Order to show cause why the appeal not not be dismissed as interlocutory (Jan. 19, 2024)
Maine Superior Court, Donald J. Trump v. Shenna Bellow, Secretary of State of Maine, Case No.: AP-24-01
Parties Filings and Briefs and Court Orders
- Parties-in-Interest notice of appeal of Jan. 17 Superior Court order remanding the case back to the Secretary of State pending resolution in r (Jan. 22, 2024)
- Maine Superior Court order confirming Secretary of State stay of Dec. 28 ruling and remanding the case to the Secretary of State pending resolution in U.S. Supreme Court, Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson, et al., Case No.: 23-719, for the Secretary of State to then issue a new ruling “modifying, withdrawing, or confirming her prior Ruling” (Jan. 17, 2024)
- Reply brief of Trump in his review of Maine Secretary of State Dec. 28 ruling disqualifying Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot (Jan. 11, 2024)
- Opposition brief of Parties-in-Interest (Jan. 10, 2024) [e-filed Jan. 11]
- Opposition brief of Maine Secretary of State and opposition to Trump Jan. 8 motion to supplement the record (Jan. 10, 2024)
- Opening brief of Trump in challenge of review of Maine Secretary of State Dec. 28 ruling disqualifying Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot (Jan. 8, 2024) [e-filed Jan. 9]
- Brief of Maine Secretary of State and opposition to Trump Jan. 8 motion to supplement the record (Jan. 10, 2024)
- Trump reply in support of his motion to stay proceedings pending resolution of his petition to the U.S. Supreme Court (Jan. 9, 2024)
- Parties-in-Interest opposition to Trump motion to stay proceedings pending resolution of his petition to the U.S. Supreme Court (Jan. 8, 2024)
- Maine Secretary of State opposition to Trump to motion to stay proceedings pending resolution of his petition to the U.S. Supreme Court (Jan. 8, 2024)
- Trump amended motion to stay proceedings pending resolution of his petition to the U.S. Supreme Court (Jan. 7, 2024)
- Trump motion to stay proceedings pending resolution of his petition to the U.S. Supreme Court (in Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson, et al., Case No.: 23-719) (Jan. 7, 2024)
- Procedural order setting briefing schedule and confirming final decision by Jan. 17 (Jan. 5, 2024)
- Parties jointly proposed briefing schedule (Jan. 2, 2024)
- Trump complaint for review of Maine Secretary of State Dec. 28 ruling disqualifying Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot (Jan. 2, 2024)
Amicus briefs
- Amicus brief of Free Speech for People (Jan. 10, 2024)
- Brief of Amicus Curiae Free Speech for People in support of respondent Maine Secretary of State (Jan. 10, 2024)
- Amicus curiae brief of David F. Emery (Jan. 10, 2024)
- Amicus curiae brief of CREW (Jan. 9, 2024) [e-filed Jan. 11]
- Amicus Curiae Brief of Mary Anne Royal (Jan. 9, 2024)
- Amicus Brief of William Clardy (Jan. 8, 2024) [e-filed Jan. 9]
- Amici curiae brief of National Republican Senatorial Committee and National Republican Congressional Committee (Jan. 8, 2024) [e-filed Jan. 9]
- Petition to Intervene and amicus brief of Michael G. Bindner (Jan. 3/8, 2024) [e-filed Jan. 8/11]
- Notice of amicus curiae brief of Randall B. Hofland (Jan. 3, 2024) [Jan. 8]
Maine Secretary of State
- Maine Secretary of State ruling disqualifying Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot (Dec. 28, 2023)
- Video of Dec. 15 hearing regarding challenges to Trump primary nomination petition (Dec. 15, 2023)
III. Massachusetts
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Bruce Chafee et al., v. Massachusetts State Ballot Law Commission, Donald Trump et al.
The Full Court, Case No: SJC-13549
Single Justice Procedure, Case No.: SJ-2024-0032
- Single Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision rejecting emergency petition, holding that while Trump is a candidate, not a nominee, the State Ballot Law Commission lacks jurisdiction (Jan. 29, 2024)
- Petitioners reply brief in support of their petition for relief to the Single Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court following State Ballot Law Commission decision (Jan. 26, 2024)
- Response of Massachusetts Republican Party to the emergency petition for relief to the Single Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court following State Ballot Law Commission decision (Jan. 25, 2024)
- Response of Trump to the emergency petition for relief to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court following State Ballot Law Commission decision (Jan. 25, 2024)
- Response of the State Ballot Law Commission and Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to the emergency petition for relief to the Single Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court following the SBLC decision (Jan. 25, 2024)
- Order setting response to emergency petition for relief to the Single Justice Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court following SBLC decision (Jan. 24, 2024).
- Emergency petition for relief to the Single Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court following State Ballot Law Commission decision (Jan. 23, 2024)
Massachusetts State Ballot Law Commission
- Massachusetts State Ballot Law Commission decision dismissing on jurisdictional grounds objections against Trump appearing on the state ballot (Jan. 22, 2024)
- Trump supplemental memorandum in support of his motion to dismiss (Jan. 19, 2024)
- Objectors opposition to Trump and Massachusetts Republican Party motion to dismiss the petition (Jan. 19, 2024)
- Objectors memorandum of law in support of the State Ballot Law Commission’s jurisdiction to decide the petition (Jan. 19, 2024)
- Transcript of pre-hearing conference (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Objectors administrative motion requesting the State Ballot Law Commission to rule on jurisdiction and determine promptly whether this matter will be set for hearing or disposed of through objectors motion for summary decision (Jan. 18, 2024)
- Objectors motion for summary judgment decision (Jan. 16, 2024)
- Notice of Jan. 18 pre-hearing conference (Jan. 12, 2024)
- Objectors objection and complaint against Trump appearing on the state ballot (Jan. 4 2024)
IV. Illinois
Cook County Circuit Court, Steven Anderson, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, Illinois State Board of Elections et al., Case No.: 2024COEL000013
- Order (1) granting objectors petition to remove Trump from the ballot in Illinois, (2) reversing the Jan. 30 State Board of Election decision, (3) staying order until March 1 in anticipation of appeal, and (4) further staying order if U.S. Supreme Court in Trump challenge decides inconsistent with circuit court (Feb. 28, 2024)
- Objectors reply in support of motion to grant petition for judicial review (Feb. 14, 2024)
- Trump response to objectors motion to grant petition for judicial review (Feb. 13, 2024)
- Order denying as moot objector motion for expedited hearing and denying Trump motion to stay (Feb. 8, 2024)
- Objectors motion to grant petition for judicial review (Feb. 5, 2024)
- Trump opposition to motion for expedited consideration (Feb. 5, 2024)
- Objectors response in opposition to Trump motion to stay (Feb. 5, 2024)
- Trump motion to stay pending resolution in U.S. Supreme Court, Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson, et al., Case No.: 23-719 (Feb. 2, 2024)
- Objector Anderson motion for substitution of judge (Jan. 31, 2024)
- Objectors motion for expedited consideration of petition for judicial review of the State Board of Elections Jan. 30 decision dismissing objectors motion for summary judgment and granting Trump motion to dismiss (Jan. 30, 2024)
- Objectors petition for judicial review of the State Board of Elections Jan. 30 decision dismissing objectors motion for summary judgment and granting Trump motion to dismiss (Jan. 30, 2024)
Appellate Court of Illinois, First Judicial District, Steven Anderson, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, Illinois State Board of Elections et al., Case No.: 1-24-0282
- Order denying Trump emergency motion to stay proceedings in the Circuit Court pending his appeal of the Circuit Court order denying his motion to stay pending resolution in the U.S. Supreme Court (Feb. 15, 2024)
- Objectors response in opposition to Trump emergency motion to stay proceedings in the Circuit Court pending his appeal of the Circuit Court order denying his motion to stay pending resolution in the U.S. Supreme Court (Feb. 13, 2024)
- Order requiring responses by Feb. 13, 8:30 AM to Trump emergency motion to stay the Circuit Court proceedings pending appeal (Feb. 9, 2024)
- Scheduling order (Feb. 7 2024)
- Trump emergency motion to stay proceedings in the Circuit Court pending his appeal of the Circuit Court order denying his motion to stay pending resolution in the U.S. Supreme Court (Feb. 9, 2024)
Illinois State Board of Elections, Steven Anderson, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, Case No.: 24 SOEB GP 517
- Illinois State Board of Elections decision that it lacks jurisdiction to decide the petition challenging Trump candidacy—denying objectors motion for summary judgment and granting Trump motion to dismiss (Jan. 30, 2024)
- Illinois State Board of Elections unanimously voted that it lacks jurisdiction to decide the petition challenging Trump’s candidacy (Jan. 30, 2024)
- Trump exception to the hearing officer decision and recommendations and general counsel recommendation (Jan. 29, 2024)
- Objectors exception to the hearing officer decision and recommendations and general counsel recommendation (Jan. 29, 2024)
- General Counsel recommendation that objectors petition be overruled by the State Board of Election, that it deny objectors motion for summary judgment, or in the alternative adopt the jurisdictional recommendation of the hearing officer (Jan. 29, 2024)
- Hearing officer decision and recommendations following Jan. 26 hearing, recommending that Trump motion to dismiss be granted by the State Board of Election on jurisdictional grounds, but, if not, for the board to find that Trump engaged in insurrection (Jan. 27, 2024)
- Trump reply in support of his motion to dismiss objectors petition before the Illinois State Board of Elections challenging his candidacy (Jan. 25, 2024)
- Objectors reply in support of their motion to grant their petition before the Illinois State Board of Elections challenging Trump candidacy, or in the alternative for summary judgment (Jan. 25, 2024)
- Objectors response in opposition to Trump motion to dismiss objectors petition before the Illinois State Board of Elections challenging his candidacy (Jan. 23, 2024)
- Trump response to objectors motion for summary judgment in their petition before the Illinois State Board of Elections challenging his candidacy (Jan. 23, 2024)
- Motion by Trump to dismiss objectors petition before the Illinois State Board of Elections challenging his candidacy (Jan. 19, 2024)
- Objectors motion to grant their petition before the Illinois State Board of Elections challenging Trump candidacy, or in the alternative for summary judgment (Jan. 19, 2024)
- Objectors petition before the Illinois State Board of Elections challenging Trump candidacy (Jan. 4, 2024)
V. Oregon
Oregon Supreme Court, Nelson et. al., v. Secretary of State of Oregon, Case No.: SC S070658
- Oregon Supreme Court media release confirming its denial, by order, of Plaintiffs-Relators Dec. 6 petition for mandamus directing the Secretary of State of Oregon to disqualify Trump from the ballot, but without prejudice to their ability to file a new petition seeking resolution of any issue that may remain following a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson, et al. (23-719) (Jan. 12, 2024)
- Oregon Supreme Court order denying Plaintiffs-Relators Dec. 6 petition for mandamus directing the Secretary of State of Oregon to disqualify Trump from the ballot, but without prejudice to their ability to file a new petition seeking resolution of any issue that may remain following a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson, et al. (23-719) (Jan. 12, 2024)
- Oregon Secretary of State supplemental brief in response to court Jan. 2 order (Jan. 9, 2024)
- Trump and Trump for President 2024 Inc. supplemental brief in response to court Jan. 2 order in opposition to petition for writ of mandamus (Jan. 9, 2024)
- Plaintiffs-Relators supplemental brief in response to court Jan. 2 order (Jan. 9, 2024)
- Motion to file reply brief to Secretary of State, Trump and Trump campaign responses to petition for writ of mandamus, and reply brief (Jan. 8, 2024)
- Order requesting supplemental briefing on (1) whether the plaintiffs have standing, and (2) what authority the Oregon Secretary of State has in the matter (Jan. 2, 2024)
- Trump and Trump for President 2024 Inc. memorandum in opposition to Dec. 6 petition for writ of mandamus directing the Secretary of State of Oregon to disqualify Trump from the ballot (Dec. 29, 2023)
- Trump and Trump for President 2024 Inc. motion to intervene (Dec. 13, 2023)
- Memorandum of Oregon Secretary of State in response to Dec. 6 petition for writ of mandamus (Dec. 13, 2023)
- Plaintiffs-Relators petition for peremptory or alternative writ of mandamus directing the Secretary of State of Oregon to disqualify Trump from the ballot and accompanying statement of facts and memorandum in support (Dec. 6, 2023)
Oregon Secretary of State
- Oregon Secretary of State official statement holding that she lacked authority to remove Trump from the state’s ballot (Nov. 30, 2023)
- Free Speech for People letter requesting Oregon Secretary Of State to declare Trump ineligible to appear on Oregon's ballot (Nov. 21, 2023)
- Oregon Department of Justice letter to Oregon Secretary of State advising that she lacks authority to remove Trump from the state's ballot (Nov. 14, 2023)
VI. 9th Cir. appeal from D. Ariz. District Court
9th Cir. Circuit, John Castro v. Arizona Secretary of State, Donald J. Trump, et al., Case No.: 23-3960
- Order denying motion to expedite and setting briefing schedule (Dec. 7, 2023)
- John Castro opening brief in his appeal of district court order granting Trump motion to dismiss (Dec. 8, 2023)
D. Ariz. District Court, John Castro v. Arizona Secretary of State, Donald J. Trump, et al., Case No.: 2:23-cv-01865
- Order granting Trump motion to dismiss complaint, holding John Castro lacked standing and dismissing motion for leave to amend Aug. 31 complaint (Dec. 4, 2023)
- Trump memorandum of points and authorities in support of motion to dismiss complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction (Oct. 13, 2023)
- John Castro initial complaint for injunctive relief preventing West Virginia Secretary of State from putting Trump on the ballot (Aug. 31, 2023) [e-filed Sept. 5]
VII. 4th Cir. appeal from S.D.W. Va. District Court
4th Cir., John Castro v. West Virginia Secretary of State, Case No.: (24-1040)
- Rule 45 notice requiring Castro to file informal opening brief and disclosure statement by March 7, otherwise the court may dismiss the case (Feb. 21, 2024)
- Informal briefing order (Jan. 11, 2024)
- Letter by court clerk stating that John Castro Dec. 26 notice of appeal does not become effective until disposition of his Dec. 26 verified objection, motion to be heard, and motion for reconsideration (Dec. 27, 2023)
S.D.W. Va. District Court, John Castro v. Donald J. Trump, West Virginia Secretary of State et al., Case No.: 2:23-cv-00598
- Order denying Castro verified objection, motion to be heard, and motion for reconsideration (Jan. 4, 2024)
- State of West Virginia opposition to Castro verified objection, motion to be heard, and motion for reconsideration (Jan. 3, 2024)
- John Castro notice of appeal to 4th Cir. (Dec. 26, 2023)
- John Castro verified objection, motion to be heard, and motion for reconsideration (Dec. 26, 2023)
- Opinion and order granting motions for summary judgment, holding plaintiff lacked standing (Dec. 2, 2023)
- State of West Virginia motion for summary judgment (originally filed as a motion to dismiss) and memorandum of law in support (Oct. 12, 2023)
- West Virginia Secretary of State motion for summary judgment (originally filed as a motion to dismiss) and memorandum of law in support (Oct. 12, 2023)
- West Virginia Republican Party motion for summary judgment (originally filed as a motion to dismiss) and memorandum of law in support (Oct. 5, 2023) [e-filed Oct. 10]
- Trump motion for summary judgment (originally filed as a motion to dismiss) and memorandum of law in support (Oct. 6, 2023)
- John Castro initial complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief preventing West Virginia Secretary of State from putting Trump on the ballot (Sept. 4, 2023) [e-filed Sept. 7]
VIII. 11th Cir. appeal from S.D. Fla. District Court
11th Cir., John Castro v. Donald J. Trump, Case No.: 23-12111
- Trump notice of supplemental authority on the issue of standing (Castro v. Scanlan et al., No. 23-1902, Order Affirming District Court (1st Cir. Nov. 21, 2023) (Dec. 5, 2023)
- John Castro reply brief in his appeal of the June 26 district court order granting Trump motion to dismiss (Sept. 20, 2023)
- Trump appellee brief in John Castro appeal of the June 26 district court order granting Trump motion to dismiss (Sept. 13, 2023)
- John Castro opening brief in his appeal of the June 26 district court order granting Trump motion to dismiss (July 14, 2023)
U.S. Supreme Court, John Castro v. Donald J. Trump, Case No.: 23-117
- Petition for writ of certiorari before judgment enied (Oct. 2, 2023)
- John Castro petition for writ of certiorari before judgment in his ongoing appeal in the 11th Cir. (Aug. 2, 2023)
S.D. Fla. District Court, John Castro v. Donald J. Trump, Case No.: 9:23-cv-80015
- Order granting Trump motion to dismiss based on lack of jurisdiction (June, 26, 2023)
Key Statutes
Just Security Writings
- Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, The Character to Lead: Republicans’ Fork in the Road Between Trump and the Constitution’s Eligibility Requirements for President, Just Security (Aug. 22, 2023)
- Ryan Goodman and Clara Apt, Tracker: Litigation and Legislation on the “Insurrection Bar” to Office – Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, Just Security (May 1, 2023)
- Liz Hempowicz, David Janovsky, Norman L. Eisen, Madison Gee and Taylor Redd, Do State Laws Block Insurrectionists from Office?, Just Security (Jan. 26, 2023)
- Liz Hempowicz, David Janovsky and Norman L. Eisen, Roadmap to Accountability: How the Jan. 6 Committee Can Help Enforce the 14th Amendment, Just Security (Nov. 15, 2022)
- Ryan Goodman, Civil Society Orgs’ Letter to Schumer: Disqualify Trump via 14th Amendment, Just Security (Feb. 18, 2021)
- Mark A. Graber, Their Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3 and Ours, Just Security (Feb. 16, 2021)
- James Wagstaffe, Time to Reconsider the 14th Amendment for Trump’s Role in the Insurrection, Just Security (Feb. 11, 2021)
Media and Other Resources
- Trump Disqualification Tracker, Lawfare (regularly updated)
- Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Mitch Smith, What to Know About the Efforts to Remove Trump From the 2024 Ballot, New York Times (regularly updated)
- Norman L. Eisen, Joshua Kolb and Andrew Warren, There Is Nothing Anti-Democratic About Removing Trump From the Ballot, Slate (Jan. 10, 2024)
- Laura Gamio and Mitch Smith, Tracking Efforts to Remove Trump From the 2024 Ballot, New York Times (Jan. 2, 2024)
- Keegan Hamilton, Trump Challenges Move To Keep Him Off The 2024 Ballot In Oregon Supreme Court, Constitutional Accountability Center (Dec. 30, 2023)
- Steven Portnoy, What the framers said about the 14th Amendment's disqualification clause: Analysis, ABC News (Dec. 29, 2023)
- Kurt Lash, Trump Should Not Be Disqualified by an Ambiguous Clause, New York Times (Dec. 29, 2023)
- Cameron Joseph and agencies, Why did Maine and Colorado disqualify Trump from their ballots?, The Guardian (Dec. 29, 2023)
- Judge Luttig: Trump eligibility case ‘tests America’s commitment to its own democracy’, MSNBC (Dec. 23, 2023)
- Adam Liptak, An About-Face on Whether the 14th Amendment Bars Trump From Office, New York Times (Sept. 18, 2023)
- Josh Blackman & Seth Barrett Tillman, Sweeping and Forcing the President into Section 3, 28 TEX. REV. L. & POL. 350 (forthcoming 2024) (written Sept. 12, 2023)
- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, Routine Disqualification: Every State Has Kept Ineligible Candidates Off the Ballot, and Trump Could Be Next (Sept. 5, 2023)
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