What's to Know About the U.S. Supreme Court Order on the Foreign Enemies Act

What to know about the Supreme Court’s midnight Alien Enemies Act order

(CNN) — Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to use a controversial 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 ask…

We only have 2 Justices on the Supreme Court willing to deport foreign terrorists without individual court hearings for millions of Biden-era invaders.

We only have 2 Justices on the Supreme Court willing to deport foreign terrorists without individual court hearings for millions of Biden-era invaders. The court is trying to give the Trump administration an impossible job. We are witnessing the attempted establishment of a… pic.twitter.com/C8cHjGCDvt — Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) April 21, 2025

Supreme Court temporarily halts deportations on Alien Enemies Act

The Supreme Court temporarily halted the deporation of a group of Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act. Willie James Inman has the latest.

U.S. Supreme Court pauses deportations under wartime law

The U.S. Supreme Court building. (Photo by Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom)The U.S. Supreme Court early Saturday temporarily blocked a new round of deportations under the wartime Alien Enemies Act until the high court considers the case of several migrants in Texas whose lawyers say are at risk for “imminent removal.” The justices issued the one-page order just after 1 a.m. Eastern, directing the government “not to remove any member of the putat…

The decision responds to an emergency appeal filed by human rights lawyers to stop the deportation of migrants currently held in a Texas state center

US Supreme Court intervenes to block Trump deportations

Order prevents government from expelling migrants under 1798 Alien Enemies Act