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American Civil Liberties Union v. United States

Petition for certiorari denied on November 1, 2021

Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
20-1499 N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2021

Issue: (1) Whether the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, like other Article III courts, has jurisdiction to consider a motion asserting that the First Amendment provides a qualified public right of access to the court"s significant opinions, and whether the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review has jurisdiction to consider an appeal from the denial of such a motion; and (2) whether the First Amendment provides a qualified right of public access to the FISC"s significant opinions.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
04/19/2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 27, 2021)
04/29/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 27, 2021 to June 28, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
04/30/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 28, 2021.
05/11/2021Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, American Civil Liberties Union
05/27/2021Brief amici curiae of Former United States Magistrate Judges filed.
05/27/2021Brief amici curiae of The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
05/27/2021Brief amicus curiae of Microsoft Corporation filed.
05/27/2021Brief amicus curiae of Professor Stephen I. Vladeck filed.
05/27/2021Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 34 Media Organizations filed.
05/27/2021Brief amicus curiae of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability filed.
05/27/2021Brief amici curiae of Former Government Officials filed.
06/21/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 28, 2021 to July 28, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
06/22/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including July 28, 2021.
07/14/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 28, 2021 to August 27, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
07/15/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including August 27, 2021.
08/27/2021Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
09/14/2021Reply of petitioner American Civil Liberties Union filed. (Distributed)
09/15/2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
10/12/2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/15/2021.
10/25/2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021.
11/01/2021Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch, with whom Justice Sotomayor joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)