President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798​ to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members kicked off a legal battle.​ ...

President Donald Trump claims that the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 grants him the power to deport certain Venezuelan-born ...

The law, which gives the president sweeping powers over non-citizens, was part of a set of statutes that emerged during the ...

The Trump administration deported of 137 Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Judge James E. Boasberg ...

With the 1798 Alien Enemies Law in the news as the Trump administration attempts to remove foreign nationals from the United States without the ...

John Adams signed the Sedition Act in an attempt to silence dissent. Some other Founding Fathers thought that muzzling the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) A federal appeals court on March 26, 2025, upheld a temporary block on President Donald Trump’s deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants, including alleged members of the ...

Earlier today, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit upheld a district court temporary restraining order blocking the ...

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 ...

Roosevelt signed Proclamation 2525 under the Alien Enemies Act, granting the government the authority to arrest, control and ...

As a result, Congress passed a package of bills known as the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Alien Enemies Act would permit the president to expel “enemies” during times of war. The problem with ...

which is the last remaining vestige of the notoriously repressive Alien and Sedition Acts. The AEA applies only when "there is a declared war" between the United States and a "foreign nation or ...