Judgment Issued.

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kagan, Barrett, and Jackson, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Alito and Gorsuch, JJ., joined.

Supplemental brief of respondent Braidwood Management, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Supplemental letter brief of petitioners Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Supplemental Brief of Braidwood Management, Inc., et al. submitted.

Letter Brief of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. submitted.

Motion of New Civil Liberties Alliance for leave to file amicus brief submitted.

The parties are directed to file supplemental letter briefs addressing the following question: Whether Congress has “by Law” vested the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services with the authority to appoint members of the United States Preventive Services Task Force. U. S. Const. art. II, §2, cl. 2. The briefs should address this Court’s decisions in United States v. Hartwell, 6 Wall. 385 (1868), and United States v. Smith, 124 U. S. 525 (1888). The briefs, not to exceed 15 pages, are to be filed simultaneously with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Monday, May 5, 2025.

Argued. For petitioners: Hashim M. Mooppan, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Jonathan F. Mitchell, Austin, Tex.

Reply of petitioners Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Reply of Xavier Becerra, et al. submitted.

Amicus brief of Pacific Legal Foundation submitted.

Amicus brief of The Buckeye Institute submitted.

Amicus brief of Cato Institute submitted.

Amicus brief of Manhattan Institute submitted.

Amicus brief of Christian Employers Alliance submitted.

Amicus brief of Brief for Texas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents submitted.

Amicus brief of Texas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia submitted.

Brief amicus curiae of Manhattan Institute filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Christian Employers Alliance filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Physicians and Surgeons filed. (Distributed)

Amicus brief of Association of American Physicians and Surgeons submitted.

Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute filed. (Distributed)

Amicus brief of Goldwater Institute submitted.

Brief of respondents Braidwood Management, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of Braidwood Management, Inc., et al. submitted.

CIRCULATED

Record received electronically from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and available with the Clerk.

Amicus brief of American College of Gastroenterology submitted.

Brief amicus curiae of American College of Gastroenterology filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American College of Gastroenterology in support of neither party filed.

Amicus brief of National Alliance of State and Territorial Aids Directors and Other HIV, LGBTQ, and Healthcare Organizations submitted.

Brief amici curiae of The Center for HIV Law and Policy and Other Leading Health Policy and Reproductive Justice Organizations filed.

Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.

Amicus brief of Public Citizen et al. submitted.

Amicus brief of United States of Care and 47 Other Organizations submitted.

Amicus brief of CHLPI, CIDP, ADA, MRC, CAP, et al. submitted.

Amicus brief of The American Public Health Association, Public Health Deans and Scholars, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Public Health Advocates submitted.

Amicus brief of Gilead Sciences, Inc. submitted.

Amicus brief of The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. submitted.

Brief amici curiae of National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of United States of Care, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Public Citizen, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Gilead Sciences, Inc. filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Public Health Association, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of 48 Bipartisan Economic and Other Social Science Scholars filed.

Brief amici curiae of Chronic Illness and Disability Partnership, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. filed.

Brief amici curiae of HIV and Hepatitis Policy Institute, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Patient and Physician Professional Organizations filed.

Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Hospital Association, et al. filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 21, 2025.

Amicus brief of American Hospital Association, Catholic Health Association of the United States, Federation of American Hospitals, America's Essential Hospitals, and Association of American Medical Colleges submitted.

Brief of petitioners Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., et al. filed.

Joint appendix filed.

Brief of petitioners Xavier Becerra, et al. filed.

Joint Appendix submitted.

Brief of Xavier Becerra, et al. submitted.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)

Petition GRANTED.

Reply of petitioners Xavier Becerra, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Reply of Xavier Becerra, et al. submitted.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.

Brief amici curiae of The American Public Health Association, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of The American Cancer Society, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of 35 Health Care Access Organizations filed.

Brief of respondents Braidwood Management, Inc., et al. in support filed.

Brief amici curiae of Illinois, et al. filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 21, 2024)