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Justin Paul Dreiling v. United States
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2025-2155 · judgment April 15, 2026
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Questions presented
Can the People rely upon the plain language of the law to exercise their Constitutional Rights? Or must the People succumb to egregious precedents of this Court in error? This question is the true issue before this petition. No inferior court has disproven the fact that Dreiling has done nothing but follow the plain language of the law. He has been denied justice as the inferior courts were unwilling to follow the plain lan guage of the law over Supreme Court error. “If the Constitution ever perishes, it will be, when the Judi ciary shall have become feeble and inert, and either unwilling or unable to perform the solemn duties im posed upon it by the original structure of the Govern ment.” Story, A Familiar Exposition of the Consti tution of the United States, §305 (1840). The questions presented are:
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Do individual judges have the Constitutional authority and judicial power to follow the plain lan guage of the law, or is vertical stare decisis absolute regardless of egregious precedents?
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Did this Court exercise its will in United States v. Jones, 131 U. S. 1 (1889) instead of the plain lan guage of the law — the clear intent of Congress?
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Do Dreiling’s original claims satisfy the plain language of the Tucker Act, and if so, is he entitled to rely upon that plain language?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Justin Paul Dreiling
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Judicial Power (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jul 29 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jul 21 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jun 26 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 3, 2026)