Rulings Stall Trump Policies, Setting up Supreme Court Fight
The 5th Circuit Court halted deportations of roughly 200 alleged gang members citing insufficient evidence and violations of due process under an 18th-century law.
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Rulings stall Trump policies, setting up Supreme Court fight
A federal court rejected the Trump administration's use of an 18th-century wartime law, known as the Alien Enemies Act, to deport Venezuelans accused of being gang members. It's another legal setback for the White House, which has also seen courts curtail its authority to impose tariffs and send troops into U.S. cities. William Brangham discussed more with Georgetown law professor Steve Vladeck.
President Donald Trump has used an 18th-century law to deport Venezuelans illegally, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. Specifically, it is the Enemy Aliens Act, which allows the detention and deportation of foreigners from a country with which the United States is at war or whose forces have invaded American territory. Trump and his administration have argued that the law can also be used in the case of Venezuelans because he has labeled th…
Federal court halts Trump's deportation plan for Venezuelan gang members - Conservative Journal Review
In a stunning courtroom twist, a federal appeals court has slammed the brakes on the Trump administration's bold move to fast-track deportations of migrants accused of ties to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, as Fox News reports. The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a tight 2-1 ruling, decided that the administration overstepped by invoking the dusty Alien Enemies Act of 1798, blocking these deportations across Texas, Louisiana, and Mi…
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