Alito's dissent in deportation case says court rushed to block Trump with middle-of-the night order

Alito Criticizes US Supreme Court’s Decision to ‘Hastily’ Block Deportations

April 20 (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito criticized the court majority for “hastily and prematurely” blocking the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelan migrants with an emergency ruling in the early morning hours of a holiday weekend.

Supreme Court Blocks, for Now, New Deportations Under 18th Century Wartime Law

The Supreme Court on Saturday blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law. In a brief order, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center “until further order of this court.” Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented. The high court acted in an emergency appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union conte…

Justice Alito hits out at US Supreme Court’s ‘rushed meeting in the middle of the night’ to block Donald Trump’s deportations

The Supreme Court acted “literally in the middle of the night” and without sufficient explanation in blocking the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century wartime law, Justice Samuel Alito wrote in a sharp dissent that castigated the seven-member majority.

In the dispute over deportations of migrants from Venezuela, the U.S. government receives support: Several Supreme Court judges criticise their authority for issuing a questionable appeal in the middle of the night. Trump's government demands that the stop be lifted.

Alito/Thomas Slam Middle Of Night Alien Enemies Act Stay: Judiciary has 'an obligation to follow the law'

Judiciary appears to be cracking under the weight of Democrat lawfare: "In sum, literally in the middle of the night, the Court issued unprecedented and legally questionable relief without giving the lower courts a chance to rule, without hearing from the opposing party, within eight hours of receiving the application, with dubious factual support for its order, and without providing any explanation for its order." The post Alito/Thomas Slam Mid…

Alito Chimes* at Midnight

Supreme Court, in a middle-of-the-night maneuver, halts the president’s use of a 1798 law to deport alien enemies by citing an even older law — from 1789.