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“You’ve said that it was perfectly appropriate for the government to act as it did, so who made that perfectly appropriate decision?”
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Boasberg temporarily ordered the administration to stop deportation flights, sparking Trump to call for Boasberg’s impeachment.
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Justice Department attorneys will appear before Judge James Boasberg on Thursday to make its case for why the Trump administration did not violate his orders halting the use of the Alien Enemies Act t...
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Judge Puts Screws To Trump DOJ On Who Exactly May Have Ignored His Orders On Alien Enemies Act
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, in his Washington D.C. courtroom, pressed Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign on who exactly told planes carrying Venezuelan detainees deported under the Alien Enemies Act not to turn around, even after he’d ordered that those detainees not be removed from U.S. custody.
Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 is under scrutiny. Here's what to know.
President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798​ to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members kicked off a legal battle.​
EXCLUSIVE: Emerging GOP leader backing Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act at Supreme Court
Congressman Brandon Gill is teaming with America First Legal to file an amicus brief to the Supreme Court backing President Donald Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport violent gang members.
Fact-checking misleading statements by Trump and his allies about Judge James Boasberg
Displeased with the check on Trump’s power, the president and his allies have lashed out at federal judges — and against one judge in particular: James Boasberg, chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Washington,
Judge ponders contempt of court over US immigration actions
A federal judge said Thursday he will decide whether to find the Trump administration in contempt of court for removing certain migrants.
Judge to weigh if Trump administration violated order not to deport Venezuelans
A U.S. judge will hold a hearing over whether the Trump administration violated his order temporarily blocking the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members under a rarely-invoked 18th century law.
High-stakes hearing set for Trump administration to argue that it didn’t violate a judge’s order with deportation flights
Justice Department attorneys will appear before Judge James Boasberg on Thursday to make its case for why the Trump administration did not violate his orders halting the use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans the government has accused of being part of a gang.
Trump's war on lawyers and judges draws rebuke from dozens of advocacy groups
More than 80 U.S. organizations released an open letter on Thursday against President Trump's intimidation of judges who challenge his administration's policies and law firms he v
US judge blocks Trump administration from firing federal employees on probation
A federal judge on Tuesday said the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump cannot quickly fire thousands of probationary federal workers in 19 states and Washington, D.C., narrowing an earlier nationwide ruling.
Japanese community reacts to Trump's using Alien Enemies Act, last used in WWII
The Japanese American Museum of San Jose was built to educate and preserve the memory of a dark time in American history.
What is the Alien Enemies Act? Here's how the 1798 law was invoked in the past.
The law, which gives the president sweeping powers over non-citizens, was part of a set of statutes that emerged during the tenuous period following the Revolutionary War.
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Detainees under Alien Enemies Act urge justices to leave judge’s bar on removal in place
Lawyers for alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to leave in place an order by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that prohibits the federal government from removing them,
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Arguments set for Thursday on deportations under Alien Enemies Act
Judge James Boasberg will hear critical arguments against the Trump administration's use of the 18th-century law as legal justification for deporting migrants.
ACLU asks Supreme Court to uphold judge’s order halting Alien Enemies Act deportations
Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union argued to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday that the Trump administration had not satisfied an “exceedingly high burden” required to override a judge’s temporary order to stop migrant deportations to a notorious Salvadoran mega prison.
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Trump asks justices to intervene on Alien Enemies Act removals
This article was updated on March 28. The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Friday morning, asking the justices to allow it to enforce an executive order that directs government officials to quickly remove,
Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act reminds some of its use against Japanese Americans
Ryan Yamamoto reports on the use of the Alien Enemies Act. Website: YouTube: Facebook: Instagram: Twitter:
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Harvard Professor Questions Trump’s Alien Enemies Act Application at HLS Talk
Harvard Law School professor W. Neil Eggleston — former President Barack Obama’s White House Counsel and a member of President Bill Clinton’s Counsel Office — discussed President Donald Trump’s executive authority to trigger the Alien Enemies Act without following due process at a Tuesday lunch talk.
A History of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798
The law’s roots lie in an undeclared sea conflict between a young American nation and France. President John Adams signed the Alien Enemies Act in July 1798 as the United States came to the brink of war with France.
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