Today we face a constitutional crisis as the current administration has invoked the same statute, The Alien and Sedition Act of 1798, to remove immigrants without due process.

President Donald Trump recently invoked Alien Enemies Act of 1798 after claiming an invasion on the southern border. Here's ...

The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 are among the most reviled laws in our national history. They criminalized dissent, ...

It is “very, very clear” that the invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 by President Trump requires a declaration of ...

Here, two crises combine: a power grab that lets the government detain and deport at will with no due process and, if courts ...

Many of us recall from Junior High School Civics, discussions of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, enacted under the administration of Federalist President John Adams. They arose from the ...

On Saturday, March 15, the Trump administration invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport more than 200 Venezuelans to the ...

Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act to send hundreds of people with alleged Venezuelan gang ties to El Salvador, ignoring ...

President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against Tren de Aragua members, provoking a legal fight. Here's what to know about the controversial law, which was last used during World War II.

(THE CONVERSATION) As President Donald Trump often promised during his 2024 presidential campaign, on March 15, 2025, he invoked an obscure 18th-century law called the Alien Enemies Act to justify ...

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Telnaes points out that this isn’t the first self-betrayal in our history, and she could have gone back to the beginning of ...