What to know about the US Supreme Court’s midnight Alien Enemies Act order
18th century wartime authority to speed deportations, the issue has rocketed back to the justices in a second short-fuse appeal with enormous potential consequences.
The situation was entirely foreseeable.
After handing down an opaque 5-4 order earlier this month that allowed both sides to claim victory, the nation's highest court is being asked for a second time to halt the administration from using the Alien Enemies Act.
President Donald Trump is facing pushback from the US Supreme Court over his use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants. (AP)
That review will take place as lower courts begin to wrangle over what kind of notice the government must provide to those targeted under the act and what steps the migrants can take to fight it.
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