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United States v. Trump Reply
United States v. Trump Reply
23-62424
JACK L. SMITH
Special Counsel
J. P. COONEY
Deputy Special Counsel
MICHAEL R. DREEBEN
Counselor to the
Special Counsel
Counsel of Record
JAMES I. PEARCE
Assistant Special Counsel
Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Room B-206
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001
SCO_JLS_SupremeCtBriefs
@usdoj.gov
(202) 305-9654
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
A. This case warrants certiorari ........................................... 3
B. Certiorari before judgment is appropriate..................... 4
C. Respondent’s remaining arguments lack merit ............. 8
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
Cases:
Biden v. Nebraska, 600 U.S. 477 (2023) ............................ 6, 7
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.,
573 U.S. 682 (2014)................................................................ 9
Camreta v. Greene, 563 U.S. 692 (2011) ............................ 8, 9
Gay v. Ruff, 292 U.S. 25 (1934) .............................................. 9
Grand Jury Investigation, In re,
916 F.3d 1047 (D.C. Cir. 2019) ............................................. 9
Marbury v. Madison,
5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803) ................................................ 7
Nixon v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 731 (1982) .......................... 4, 5
Norman v. Baltimore & Ohio R.R.,
294 U.S. 240 (1935)................................................................ 8
Trump v. Vance, 140 S. Ct. 2412 (2020) ................................ 4
United States v. Nixon,
418 U.S. 683 (1974)................................................ 1, 4, 7, 8, 9
United States v. United Mine Workers of Am.,
330 U.S. 258 (1947)................................................................ 8
Yarbrough, Ex parte, 110 U.S. 651 (1884)............................. 4
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer,
343 U.S. 579 (1952)........................................................ 6, 7, 8
Constitution, statutes, and rules:
U.S. Const. Art. III ................................................................. 8
(I)
II
(1)
2
* * *
For the foregoing reasons and those stated in the pe-
tition, the petition for a writ of certiorari before judg-
ment should be granted.
Respectfully submitted.
JACK L. SMITH
Special Counsel
J. P. COONEY
Deputy Special Counsel
MICHAEL R. DREEBEN
Counselor to the Special
Counsel
JAMES I. PEARCE
Assistant Special Counsel
DECEMBER 2023