The Alien Enemies Act Is an Unconstitutional Affront to Civil Liberties
The Trump administration has, for the fourth time in history, invoked the war-time Alien Enemies Act of 1798, even though our ...
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Where is Bobrisky as Nigeria makes progress?
The prisoner’s paradox teaches that systems can be confounded by their contradictions. Nigeria’s democracy, too, defies doom prophecies. Its progress is nonlinear—a dance of setbacks and breakthroughs ...
Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 is under scrutiny. Here's what to know.
President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798​ to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members kicked off a legal battle.​ ...
What is the Alien Enemies Act? Here's how the 1798 law was invoked in the past.
The law, which gives the president sweeping powers over non-citizens, was part of a set of statutes that emerged during the ...
A History of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798
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 ...
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Trump's Reading of the Alien Enemies Act Defies the Usual Meaning of Its Terms
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 ...
Why It’s So Outrageous That Trump Is Invoking This Obscure 200-Year-Old Wartime Law
Donald Trump invoked a law that played a role in one of the darkest moments in American history. Originally passed in 1798, ...
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What is the Alien Enemies Act, the law Donald Trump is invoking for deportations?
It is part of the Alien and Sedition Acts, a set of four laws passed in the late 1700s placing higher restrictions on immigration and speech. The Naturalisation Act raised requirements for citizenship ...