Sunday, May 18, 2025
Supreme Court rules against Trump administration in Alien Enemies Act case (CNBC) (Politics)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/supreme-court-alien-enemies-venezuela-deportation.html
The Supreme Court on Friday granted a request by Venezuelan nationals seeking to block their removal from the United States under the Alien Enemies Act.
In a 7-2 decision, the court said the Trump administration had not given the detainees enough time or adequate resources to challenge their deportations.
“Under these circumstances, notice roughly 24 hours before removal, devoid of information about how to exercise due process rights to contest that removal, surely does not pass muster,” the ruling said.
The justices barred the removal of the men, who the Trump administration alleges are members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, pending a new decision from a lower federal appellate court.
But “the Government may remove the named plaintiffs or putative class members under other lawful authorities,” they wrote.
President Donald Trump raged against the ruling later Friday afternoon. Trump on Friday morning vented frustration toward the high court, writing that it “IS BEING PLAYED BY THE RADICAL LEFT LOSERS” That post came the day after the justices heard oral arguments in a case related to Trump’s controversial executive order ending birthright citizenship.