Trump Invokes Alien Enemies Act as Tool for Deportation - Federal Court Issues Temporary Restraining Order Against it [Updated]
President Donald Trump issued an executive proclamation invoking the use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport ...
Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go
John Adams signed the Sedition Act in an attempt to silence dissent. Some other Founding Fathers thought that muzzling the ...
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Alien and sedition redux
Many of us recall from Junior High School Civics, discussions of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, enacted under the administration of Federalist President John Adams. They arose from the ...
Trump is using the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war
(THE CONVERSATION) As President Donald Trump often promised during his 2024 presidential campaign, on March 15, 2025, he invoked an obscure 18th-century law called the Alien Enemies Act to justify ...
The Alien Enemies Act Has Been an Offense Against the Constitution Since Birth
Now, you will be shocked, I'm sure, to learn how the administration is misusing this Revolutionary-era relic to serve the ...
Judge Questions Trump Administration on Whether It Ignored Order to Turn Around Deportation Flights
A federal judge on Monday was incredulous at the contention by the Trump administration that his directive to turn around ...