Supreme Court Blocks Donald Trump Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act

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Supreme Court blocks Donald Trump deportations under Alien Enemies Act

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented from the decision.

www.newsweek.com

4.19.25
In the early hours of Saturday, the Supreme Court instructed the Trump administration to pause the deportation of a number of Venezuelan men in custody using a 1798 law traditionally only applied in wartime. With Republicans enjoying a slim majority in both the House and Senate, the courts have arguably become the main avenue for frustrating Trump administration policy, which has seen a number of its proposals blocked or suspended. Notably, Saturday's ruling was made by the Supreme Court, which thanks to appointments made during Trump's first term, has six conservative leaning justices against three liberals. The Trump administration had been seeking to deport several Venezuelan men it accused of being members of Tren de Aragua, a criminal group it has designated as a terrorist organization, using powers contained in the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. In its ruling, the Supreme Court suspended this bid, writing: "The Government is directed not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees from the United States until further order of this Court." Two of the conservatives on the court, Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, said they dissented from this opinion.

In its ruling, the Supreme Court said:

"There is before the Court an application on behalf of a putative class of detainees seeking an injunction against their removal under the Alien Enemies Act. The matter is currently pending before the Fifth Circuit. "Upon action by the Fifth Circuit, the Solicitor General is invited to file a response to the application before this Court as soon as possible. The Government is directed not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees from the United States until further order of this Court."​

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In its injunction, the UCLA said: "There must be sufficient time for individuals to seek review. As during World War II, that notice must be at least 30 days in advance of any attempted removal."​

SCOTUS is plainly telling Trump, AG Pam Bondi et. al.... You cannot abduct people on US soil and ship them to foreign prisons without due process. This applies to all individuals on US soil... natural born citizens, naturalized citizens, students and workers with paperwork, and migrants with no paperwork. The US Constitution guarantees due process before a judge to everyone present on US soil. The US legal system is a process. Everyone arrested/detained in America is entitled to know the charges against them, have legal representation, and have their day in court before an impartial judge. The Trump administration cannot short-circuit that process to avoid Constitutional guarantees.

The Alien Enemies Act makes certain demands on the government. The last time it was used was during WWII when 11,000 German-Americans and 120,000 Japanese-Americans were detained and interred in camps across the US. They were not sent to a third-party country to avoid Constitutional legal guarantees. That is precisely what the Trump administratioon is doing. Last week Trump said he would not be averse to sending US citizens to the massive CECOT prison in El Salvador. The Trump administration has agreed to pay El Salvador $15 million to house prisoners sent there by the US government. $4 million has already been paid. This modus-operandi amounts to a "black hole", where no one has any rights and people simply disappear.

 

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It's depressing that no one has thoughts on what is Trump's most direct and sustained attack on the US Constitution and Rule of Law.

Who is next? Lawyers representing Harvard? Judges that rule against Trump in our court system? Economists who criticise Trump's tariffs?

If Trump & Co can fly Americans to a third-country prison without adhering to Constitutional protections, we are finished as a Republic.

Trump 'All For' Imprisoning Americans in El Salvador

The President escalated a fight with the Supreme Court over a wrongfully deported man, proposing to send U.S. citizens to El Salvador next.

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Supreme Court blocks Donald Trump deportations under Alien Enemies Act

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented from the decision.

www.newsweek.com

SCOTUS is plainly telling Trump, AG Pam Bondi et. al.... You cannot abduct people on US soil and ship them to foreign prisons without due process. This applies to all individuals on US soil... natural born citizens, naturalized citizens, students and workers with paperwork, and migrants with no paperwork. The US Constitution guarantees due process before a judge to everyone present on US soil. The US legal system is a process. Everyone arrested/detained in America is entitled to know the charges against them, have legal representation, and have their day in court before an impartial judge. The Trump administration cannot short-circuit that process to avoid Constitutional guarantees.

The Alien Enemies Act makes certain demands on the government. The last time it was used was during WWII when 11,000 German-Americans and 120,000 Japanese-Americans were detained and interred in camps across the US. They were not sent to a third-party country to avoid Constitutional legal guarantees. That is precisely what the Trump administratioon is doing. Last week Trump said he would not be averse to sending US citizens to the massive CECOT prison in El Salvador. The Trump administration has agreed to pay El Salvador $15 million to house prisoners sent there by the US government. $4 million has already been paid. This modus-operandi amounts to a "black hole", where no one has any rights and people simply disappear.

This is good, but the Supreme Court ruled back on April 7th that Trump can still use the Alien Enemies Act to deport people....as long as due process is used.

That is still disturbing. We are not at war and it's stupid that Trump wants to use this act to deport people.