Smith v. Trump
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Smith v. Trump, 1:25-cv-00158-NT (D. Me. 2025), is a United States First Amendment legal case concerning the legality of U.S. President Donald Trump's sanctions upon the International Criminal Court (ICC).[1]
The case was brought in 2025 by human rights activists for whom these sanctions deny the ability to collaborate with the ICC. They are challenging the sanctions on the grounds that Trump's Executive Order 14203 violates their First Amendment right to freedom of expression and violates the International Emergency Economic Powers Act prohibition on the export of information. They are seeking declaratory judgment under 28 U.S. Code § 2201.
In 2025, an injunction stopping the sanctions was granted to the plaintiffs by the United States District Court in Maine,[2] and on September 28, 2026, that court denied the White House's attempt to have the case dismissed, allowing it to proceed.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "SMITH v. TRUMP (1:25-cv-00158)". Court Listener. April 11, 2025.
- ↑ "SMITH v. TRUMP (2025)". Find Law. July 18, 2025.
- ↑ "Court Denies Trump Administration's Bid to Dismiss Case Challenging ICC Sanctions on First Amendment Grounds". American Civil Liberties Union. September 29, 2026.
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