What the Alien Enemies Act says

What to Know About the Alien Enemies Act, Which Trump Invoked

The U.S. deported hundreds of immigrants after President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II. The post What to Know About the Alien Enemies Act, the 1798 Law Trump Invoked for Deportations appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.

PBS Pushes ‘Constitutional Crisis,’ Casts Trump as Chair-Hurling Bobby Knight

PBS Pushes ‘Constitutional Crisis,’ Casts Trump as Chair-Hurling Bobby Knight Before journalist Jeffrey Goldberg’s revelation that he’d been privy to a national security text thread discussing war plans by the Trump White House, the Atlantic’s editor in chief hosted another busy episode of public television’s Washington Week with The Atlantic, where Washington Post columnist David Ignatius and Atlantic writer Michael Scherer helped him hype the…

What the Alien Enemies Act says

The problem with President Trump is not so much what he’s doing, but the way he’s doing it. He tends to charge around like a bull in a china shop, focused on quick action instead of making sure his administration’s decisions will stand up to the scrutiny of the judiciary.

Is America In A Constitutional CRISIS? Trump, Executive Power & The Future Of Democracy

Recent actions by President Donald Trump have sparked major concern about whether the United States democratic republic is under siege. Most specifically, the president’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 has sparked chatter about the balance of power between the three branches of government. Is the country in a constitutional crisis? Or is it time for the centuries-old document to be updated? Well, The Shade Room’s correspondent A.B. …