by Chris Powell at Trending Politics
Legal expert Jonathan Turley delivered encouraging news for the Trump administration this week, stating that the Supreme Court is likely to side with President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport over 200 members of the Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Agua. Speaking on America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer, Turley said the legal debate surrounding the administration’s decision is “controversial” but that the courts are fully equipped to resolve it.
“There are certainly strong arguments for the administration to make here,” Turley began. “I think that we have to be honest that there are good faith arguments on both sides. This is a controversial law being used in a new way and there are legitimate questions as to the meaning of some of these terms.”
The legal dust-up began after Trump invoked the centuries-old law in mid-March, allowing for the rapid deportation of criminal non-citizens considered national security threats. Tren de Agua, which has been linked to a wave of criminal activity, became the first target.
But after a federal judge blocked the deportations and an appeals court upheld the decision, Trump’s legal team signaled it would take the fight to the Supreme Court. Turley says that’s exactly where the battle belongs.
“How much of it is actually reviewable? That’s going to be resolved by the Supreme Court, not by lower court judges,” Turley said. “And people need to trust our system here. We have the greatest legal system on Earth. It will work through these problems, and I think it’s going to work through them.”
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