SCOTUS Backs Trump — for Now — on Alien Enemies Act
The president’s use of the 226-year-old law is okayed, temporarily, by high court despite a halt imposed by a lower court judge.

A little rusty, but as yet serviceable — that, in the shell of a nut, seems to be the Supreme Court’s view of the Alien Enemies Act, described by these columns as a “226-Year-Old Sword.” President Trump is wielding the law to deport Venezuelan gang members. The Nine on Monday cleared the way for the law’s application, for now, despite efforts by a lower court judge to halt the deportations. The dispute, though, is far from settled with Monday’s decision.
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