The signs are there. #TrumpisaFascist #immigrants #immigrantsarewelcomehere #AlienEnemiesAct #DeportTrump
March 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The signs are there. #TrumpisaFascist #immigrants #immigrantsarewelcomehere #AlienEnemiesAct #DeportTrump
✅⚖️ #alienenemiesact
#BREAKING: Fifth Circuit (Southwick & Ramirez, JJ.) holds that President Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act against Tren de Aragua is unlawful, and blocks AEA removals in the Northern District of Texas (over a lengthy dissent from Judge Oldham):
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
www.ca5.uscourts.gov
September 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
✅⚖️ #alienenemiesact
✅⚖️ #alienenemiesact
BREAKING: DC Cir. DENIES the government’s request for a stay in the Alien Enemies Act case.
March 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
✅⚖️ #alienenemiesact
Smart move in #AlienEnemiesAct litigation just dropped and makes sense given the public record.
@aclu.org @democracyforward.org tell Judge Boasberg:
"Plaintiffs will amend their Complaint to reinstate their habeas claim to seek relief for the class of individuals who were removed to El Salvador."
@aclu.org @democracyforward.org tell Judge Boasberg:
"Plaintiffs will amend their Complaint to reinstate their habeas claim to seek relief for the class of individuals who were removed to El Salvador."
April 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Smart move in #AlienEnemiesAct litigation just dropped and makes sense given the public record.
@aclu.org @democracyforward.org tell Judge Boasberg:
"Plaintiffs will amend their Complaint to reinstate their habeas claim to seek relief for the class of individuals who were removed to El Salvador."
@aclu.org @democracyforward.org tell Judge Boasberg:
"Plaintiffs will amend their Complaint to reinstate their habeas claim to seek relief for the class of individuals who were removed to El Salvador."
Smart litigation move
ACLU files new #AlienEnemiesAct habeas petition in SDNY (accords with SCOTUS ruling)
"Proposed Class: All noncitizens in immigration custody who were, are, or will be subject to the March 2025 Presidential Proclamation"
Strong plaintiffs⤵️
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
ACLU files new #AlienEnemiesAct habeas petition in SDNY (accords with SCOTUS ruling)
"Proposed Class: All noncitizens in immigration custody who were, are, or will be subject to the March 2025 Presidential Proclamation"
Strong plaintiffs⤵️
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
April 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Smart litigation move
ACLU files new #AlienEnemiesAct habeas petition in SDNY (accords with SCOTUS ruling)
"Proposed Class: All noncitizens in immigration custody who were, are, or will be subject to the March 2025 Presidential Proclamation"
Strong plaintiffs⤵️
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
ACLU files new #AlienEnemiesAct habeas petition in SDNY (accords with SCOTUS ruling)
"Proposed Class: All noncitizens in immigration custody who were, are, or will be subject to the March 2025 Presidential Proclamation"
Strong plaintiffs⤵️
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
This sums up my feelings after listening to today's Fifth Circuit argument in the Alien Enemies Act case.
#lawsky #AlienEnemiesAct #comics #comic #academicsky
#lawsky #AlienEnemiesAct #comics #comic #academicsky
July 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This sums up my feelings after listening to today's Fifth Circuit argument in the Alien Enemies Act case.
#lawsky #AlienEnemiesAct #comics #comic #academicsky
#lawsky #AlienEnemiesAct #comics #comic #academicsky
Judge Boasberg rules in #AlienEnemiesAct case:
"Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on another equally fundamental theory: before they may be deported, they are entitled to individualized hearings to determine whether the Act applies to them at all."
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"Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on another equally fundamental theory: before they may be deported, they are entitled to individualized hearings to determine whether the Act applies to them at all."
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March 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Judge Boasberg rules in #AlienEnemiesAct case:
"Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on another equally fundamental theory: before they may be deported, they are entitled to individualized hearings to determine whether the Act applies to them at all."
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"Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on another equally fundamental theory: before they may be deported, they are entitled to individualized hearings to determine whether the Act applies to them at all."
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Subtle and significant:
Judge Boasberg on #AlienEnemiesAct.
"[T]he Supreme Court...determined that the appropriate venue for such proceedings is the Southern District of Texas or wherever Plaintiffs are currently held."
Pro tip:
Nearly 300 currently held: El Salvador
Appropriate habeas venue: DC
Judge Boasberg on #AlienEnemiesAct.
"[T]he Supreme Court...determined that the appropriate venue for such proceedings is the Southern District of Texas or wherever Plaintiffs are currently held."
Pro tip:
Nearly 300 currently held: El Salvador
Appropriate habeas venue: DC
April 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Subtle and significant:
Judge Boasberg on #AlienEnemiesAct.
"[T]he Supreme Court...determined that the appropriate venue for such proceedings is the Southern District of Texas or wherever Plaintiffs are currently held."
Pro tip:
Nearly 300 currently held: El Salvador
Appropriate habeas venue: DC
Judge Boasberg on #AlienEnemiesAct.
"[T]he Supreme Court...determined that the appropriate venue for such proceedings is the Southern District of Texas or wherever Plaintiffs are currently held."
Pro tip:
Nearly 300 currently held: El Salvador
Appropriate habeas venue: DC
And the plot thickens ⚖️ #alienenemiesact
March 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
And the plot thickens ⚖️ #alienenemiesact
New court decision blocking (bogus) use of #AlienEnemiesAct starts with powerful reminder of Constitution's #DueProcess⤵️
"The destination, El Salvador, a country paid to take our
aliens ... to remain, indefinitely, in a notoriously evil jail, unable to communicate with counsel, family or friends"
"The destination, El Salvador, a country paid to take our
aliens ... to remain, indefinitely, in a notoriously evil jail, unable to communicate with counsel, family or friends"
May 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
New court decision blocking (bogus) use of #AlienEnemiesAct starts with powerful reminder of Constitution's #DueProcess⤵️
"The destination, El Salvador, a country paid to take our
aliens ... to remain, indefinitely, in a notoriously evil jail, unable to communicate with counsel, family or friends"
"The destination, El Salvador, a country paid to take our
aliens ... to remain, indefinitely, in a notoriously evil jail, unable to communicate with counsel, family or friends"
Which version do you believe? ⚖️ 😇 👿 #alienenemiesact
So Trump is now saying he didn't sign the Alien Enemies Act after originally saying he signed the Alien Enemies Act 🤔
March 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Which version do you believe? ⚖️ 😇 👿 #alienenemiesact
Brilliant question by Judge Boasberg on #AlienEnemiesAct basically this (paraphrase):
If you were doing everything legally, why do the proclamation in secret, in dark, and rushed onto planes?
Brilliant.
Keys into this earlier reporting.
If you were doing everything legally, why do the proclamation in secret, in dark, and rushed onto planes?
Brilliant.
Keys into this earlier reporting.
Exclusive: How the White House defied a judge's order to turn back deportation flights
"This is headed to the Supreme Court. And we're going to win."
www.axios.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Brilliant question by Judge Boasberg on #AlienEnemiesAct basically this (paraphrase):
If you were doing everything legally, why do the proclamation in secret, in dark, and rushed onto planes?
Brilliant.
Keys into this earlier reporting.
If you were doing everything legally, why do the proclamation in secret, in dark, and rushed onto planes?
Brilliant.
Keys into this earlier reporting.
Who will SCOTUS let Trump put on the next deportation flight? #Trump #SCOTUS #Deportations #AlienEnemiesAct #Justice #Immigration
April 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Who will SCOTUS let Trump put on the next deportation flight? #Trump #SCOTUS #Deportations #AlienEnemiesAct #Justice #Immigration
BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove anyone from the United States under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation who is a part of the potential class in the Northern District of Texas case until further order of the court.
Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
April 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Chief Judge Boasberg rules in favor of @aclu.org and @democracyforward.org on #AlienEnemiesAct
Temporary Restraining Order granted.
Based on strength of argument that "the AEA does not provide a basis for the President's proclamation."
Clearly the right legal outcome
Read @ilyasomin.bsky.social
Temporary Restraining Order granted.
Based on strength of argument that "the AEA does not provide a basis for the President's proclamation."
Clearly the right legal outcome
Read @ilyasomin.bsky.social
The “Invasion” Executive Order and Its Dangerous Implications
Immigration expert analyzes Trump's "invasion" Executive Order and how it could expand federal and state powers, enabling detention without trial and unauthorized war.
www.justsecurity.org
March 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Chief Judge Boasberg rules in favor of @aclu.org and @democracyforward.org on #AlienEnemiesAct
Temporary Restraining Order granted.
Based on strength of argument that "the AEA does not provide a basis for the President's proclamation."
Clearly the right legal outcome
Read @ilyasomin.bsky.social
Temporary Restraining Order granted.
Based on strength of argument that "the AEA does not provide a basis for the President's proclamation."
Clearly the right legal outcome
Read @ilyasomin.bsky.social
There are ways to lawfully address unauthorized immigration, but this is not it.
On the #AlienEnemiesAct:
"If Trump invokes the [Alien Enemies Act] for immigration enforcement purposes, courts can and should deem this to be a staggering abuse."
Liza Goitein's must-read expert primer.
On the #AlienEnemiesAct:
"If Trump invokes the [Alien Enemies Act] for immigration enforcement purposes, courts can and should deem this to be a staggering abuse."
Liza Goitein's must-read expert primer.
Deployment of the U.S. Military for Immigration Enforcement: A Primer
Expert backgrounder explains the laws that regulate the domestic deployment of the military for mass deportations and immigration enforcement.
www.justsecurity.org
January 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
There are ways to lawfully address unauthorized immigration, but this is not it.
On the #AlienEnemiesAct:
"If Trump invokes the [Alien Enemies Act] for immigration enforcement purposes, courts can and should deem this to be a staggering abuse."
Liza Goitein's must-read expert primer.
On the #AlienEnemiesAct:
"If Trump invokes the [Alien Enemies Act] for immigration enforcement purposes, courts can and should deem this to be a staggering abuse."
Liza Goitein's must-read expert primer.
Big deal (and not unexpected):
U.S. intelligence community assessment of Venezuelan TdA gang connections to Maduro regime "stand starkly at odds" with Trump assertions in #AlienEnemiesAct Proclamation and at odds with DOJ claims in court filings!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
U.S. intelligence community assessment of Venezuelan TdA gang connections to Maduro regime "stand starkly at odds" with Trump assertions in #AlienEnemiesAct Proclamation and at odds with DOJ claims in court filings!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
In Deportations, Trump Tied Gang to Venezuela’s Government. Intelligence Contradicts Him.
To invoke wartime deportation powers, President Trump asserted that Venezuela’s government controls a gang. U.S. intelligence analysts think that is not true.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Big deal (and not unexpected):
U.S. intelligence community assessment of Venezuelan TdA gang connections to Maduro regime "stand starkly at odds" with Trump assertions in #AlienEnemiesAct Proclamation and at odds with DOJ claims in court filings!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
U.S. intelligence community assessment of Venezuelan TdA gang connections to Maduro regime "stand starkly at odds" with Trump assertions in #AlienEnemiesAct Proclamation and at odds with DOJ claims in court filings!
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
@tribelaw.bsky.social
@lawfaremedia.org
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social
Since the #AlienEnemiesAct is a wartime law, it seems to me that the #humanrights abuses committed in its name, and the people carrying them out, are #WarCrimes, and can be prosecuted by #TheHague.
@lawfaremedia.org
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social
Since the #AlienEnemiesAct is a wartime law, it seems to me that the #humanrights abuses committed in its name, and the people carrying them out, are #WarCrimes, and can be prosecuted by #TheHague.
April 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
@tribelaw.bsky.social
@lawfaremedia.org
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social
Since the #AlienEnemiesAct is a wartime law, it seems to me that the #humanrights abuses committed in its name, and the people carrying them out, are #WarCrimes, and can be prosecuted by #TheHague.
@lawfaremedia.org
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social
Since the #AlienEnemiesAct is a wartime law, it seems to me that the #humanrights abuses committed in its name, and the people carrying them out, are #WarCrimes, and can be prosecuted by #TheHague.
Day 100 of Trump’s second term: lawlessness, intimidation, and the collapse of due process.
We cover:
— A judge arrested
— Kids deported
— Bondi’s use of the Alien Enemies Act
— And what happened when the gov finally had to face the courts
#ImmigrationLaw #JudicialIndependence #AlienEnemiesAct
We cover:
— A judge arrested
— Kids deported
— Bondi’s use of the Alien Enemies Act
— And what happened when the gov finally had to face the courts
#ImmigrationLaw #JudicialIndependence #AlienEnemiesAct
100 Days Of Hypocrisy
The New Podcast Episode Of Main Justice – BTH, Vol 4.4.c
open.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Day 100 of Trump’s second term: lawlessness, intimidation, and the collapse of due process.
We cover:
— A judge arrested
— Kids deported
— Bondi’s use of the Alien Enemies Act
— And what happened when the gov finally had to face the courts
#ImmigrationLaw #JudicialIndependence #AlienEnemiesAct
We cover:
— A judge arrested
— Kids deported
— Bondi’s use of the Alien Enemies Act
— And what happened when the gov finally had to face the courts
#ImmigrationLaw #JudicialIndependence #AlienEnemiesAct
This is not your ordinary TRO
To understand the significance of the Southern District of Texas's ruling that Trump administration's claimed invocation of the #AlienEnemiesAct is unlawful, note:
It's a permanent injunction.
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To understand the significance of the Southern District of Texas's ruling that Trump administration's claimed invocation of the #AlienEnemiesAct is unlawful, note:
It's a permanent injunction.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is not your ordinary TRO
To understand the significance of the Southern District of Texas's ruling that Trump administration's claimed invocation of the #AlienEnemiesAct is unlawful, note:
It's a permanent injunction.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
To understand the significance of the Southern District of Texas's ruling that Trump administration's claimed invocation of the #AlienEnemiesAct is unlawful, note:
It's a permanent injunction.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
5 Big Questions in the Alien Enemies Act Litigation
By Professor Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social)
#AlienEnemiesAct
By Professor Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social)
#AlienEnemiesAct
5 Big Questions in the Alien Enemies Act Litigation
Top expert discusses the major legal issues following Chief Judge Boasberg's ordering a temporary block to the presidential proclamation.
www.justsecurity.org
March 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
5 Big Questions in the Alien Enemies Act Litigation
By Professor Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social)
#AlienEnemiesAct
By Professor Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social)
#AlienEnemiesAct