What's to Know About the U.S. Supreme Court Order on the Foreign Enemies Act

Supreme Court temporarily halts deportations on Alien Enemies Act

The Supreme Court temporarily halted the deporation of a group of Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act. Willie James Inman has the latest.

What to know about the Supreme Court’s midnight Alien Enemies Act order

By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to use a controversial 18th century wartime authority to speed deportations, the issue has rocketed back to the justices in a second short-fuse appeal with enormous potential consequences. The situation was entirely foreseeable. After handing down an opaque 5-4 order earlier this month that allowed both sides to claim victory, th…

U.S. Supreme Court pauses deportations under wartime law

The U.S. Supreme Court building. (Photo by Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom)The U.S. Supreme Court early Saturday temporarily blocked a new round of deportations under the wartime Alien Enemies Act until the high court considers the case of several migrants in Texas whose lawyers say are at risk for “imminent removal.” The justices issued the one-page order just after 1 a.m. Eastern, directing the government “not to remove any member of the putat…

The decision responds to an emergency appeal filed by human rights lawyers to stop the deportation of migrants currently held in a Texas state center

US Supreme Court intervenes to block Trump deportations

Order prevents government from expelling migrants under 1798 Alien Enemies Act

Supreme Court, for now, blocks deportation of migrants under wartime law - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

The Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration early Saturday from deporting another group of Venezuelan migrants accused of being gang members under the expansive powers of a rarely invoked wartime law.