No. 25-996

Robert James McDonald v. Washington

Lower Court: Washington
Docketed: 2026-02-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: citizenship-status constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment military-jurisdiction war-powers
Latest Conference: 2026-04-02
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does Petitioner hold the citizenship status of being a Pre-March 9, 1933, private citizen of the United States secured by Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States?

Does Petitioner hold the right to a peacetime civilian due process of law as opposed to an emergency military due process of law during this time of national banking emergency / state of war, said military jurisdiction derived from 50 USC 4316 in effect on both a National and State level since the Erie decision of April 25, 1938?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a pre-March 9, 1933 private citizen holds the right to civilian due process of law in state court under the Fourteenth Amendment rather than emergency military jurisdiction derived from war powers proclamations

Docket Entries

2026-04-06
Petition DENIED.
2026-03-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/2/2026.
2026-03-14
Waiver of Washington of right to respond submitted.
2026-03-14
Waiver of right of respondent Washington to respond filed.
2025-09-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 23, 2026)

Attorneys

Robert James Mcdonald
Robert James McDonald — Petitioner
Washington
Amy R. MecklingKing County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Respondent