President Donald Trump claims that the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 grants him the power to deport certain Venezuelan-born ...
A federal appeals court on March 26, 2025, upheld a temporary block on President Donald Trump’s deportation of hundreds of ...
Trump is using the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of ...
I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.” ­­— Voltaire (1694-1778) When Thomas ...
The fatal defects of Trump's position are further illuminated when you compare Trump's stance with James Madison's 1800 "Report on the Alien and Sedition Acts." (The Alien Enemies Act was one of ...
The act was part of a series of four laws passed in 1798 known as the Alien and Sedition Acts. These laws, among other things, gave the president the power to deport any noncitizen thought to be ...