by Misty Severi and John Solomon at Just the News
The Supreme Court on Monday handed President Donald Trump a major victory by allowing him to invoke the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected gang members of Tren de Aragua.
The Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling on Monday handed President Donald Trump a major victory by allowing him to invoke the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected gang members of Tren de Aragua for the time being.
The ruling overturns U.S. Judge James Boasberg’s March 15 order that temporarily blocked deportations under the war-time act, by granting the Trump administration’s request to vacate temporary restraining orders Boasberg placed on the order.
The justices slapped down Boasberg, noting the high court had already settled issues over the law in 1948 and limited judges’ ability to interfere with the president under the law to a habeas petition.
The gang members’ lawyers “challenge the Government’s interpretation of the Act and assert that they do not fall within the category of removable alien enemies. But we do not reach those arguments,” the justice ruled.
“Challenges to removal under the AEA,…
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