Curtis Bradley, an international law professor at the University of Chicago, highlighted Trump’s ongoing legal battle with the American Civil Liberties Union over his use of the Alien Enemies Act to ...

President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself sweeping powers under a centuries-old law to deport people associated with a ...

The Trump administration's claims that illegal migration and drug smuggling qualify as an "invasion" or a "predatory incursion" under the Alien Enemies Act go against the major questions doctrine. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Venezuelans deported to El Salvador under the Trump administration arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, ...

WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court panel has ruled that President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th-century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of being in a ...

The Alien Act was enacted by John Adams’s Federalist administration in preparation for a war that didn’t actually happen. In 1798, President John Adams signed a series of four bills designed to ...

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to use an 18th century wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants, but said they must get a court hearing before they are taken from the ...

What Price for Due Process? On Monday, toward the end of another court hearing in the interminable Alien Enemies Act case, Trump DOJ lawyer Tiberius Davis haltingly issued a new threat to the ...

A prison guard mans an interior perimeter at the CECOT (Counter Terrorism Confinement Center) on Dec.15, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. CECOT gained notoriety in 2025 when the Trump administration ...

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. What Price for Due Process? On Monday, toward the end of another court hearing in the interminable Alien Enemies Act ...