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Saturday evening, I published three posts on A.A.R.P. v. Trump. Around midnight eastern time, Justice Alito issued his dissent, which was joined only by Justice Thomas. The dissent begins: "Shortly after midnight yesterday, the Court hastily and prematurely granted unprecedented emergency relief." He is correct. Justice Alito lists seven bullets which demonstrates why this order was problematic. The first bullet argues that it is unclear the Court had jurisdiction: It is not clear that the Court had jurisdiction. The All Writs Act does not provide an independent grant of jurisdiction. See 28 U. S. C. §1651(a) (permitting writs "necessary or...

At 1:00am on Saturday, the Supreme Court of the USA issued an injunction [SEE HERE] blocking President Trump from deporting illegal aliens identified under the Alien Enemies Act. It was/is a bizarre order considering the lower court had not even ruled on the matter; worse yet, the Supreme Court created an imaginary “class” of aliens. Any illegal alien who happens to also be a gang member, or illegal alien who would ‘smartly’ now claim to be a gang member, is ultimately the beneficiary of a Supreme Court order blocking their removal or deportation. That’s how judicially insane this injunction is.As...

The Trump administration responded to the Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily block the deportation of illegal immigrant gang members by releasing the criminal records of several individuals alleged to be members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA). The gang members in question are being held at the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Texas and had been slated for removal from the United States under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The administration has argued that the law, which grants the president authority to deport nationals of hostile foreign nations, should be applied to gang members after President Donald...

See new posts Conversation Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 @julie_kelly2 NEW: Justice Alito's dissent in SCOTUS' mindboggling 1am Saturday ruling to halt deportations in Alien Enemies Act lawsuit in northern Texas absolutely nukes his colleagues for such a hasty, unprecedented act 9:09 AM · Apr 20, 2025

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The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration early Saturday to halt the deportations of at least 30 alleged Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act. “The Government is directed not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees from the United States until further order of this Court,” the order reads. Two justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr., dissented. The Trump administration was preparing to deport the Venezuelan men, immigration advocates said Friday as they scrambled to find a federal court they could persuade to step in and block the removals before it was...

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 contending that immigration authorities appeared to be moving to restart removals under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The Supreme Court had said earlier in April that deportations could proceed only...

The Supreme Court has agreed to examine the Trump administration’s challenge to judges issuing nationwide injunctions, setting a date for a case that could have a major impact on the president’s ability to carry out his agenda as well as on the entire country. This comes after three federal judges issued separate nationwide injunctions blocking an executive order by President Donald Trump ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants. On Thursday, the court consolidated the three cases into one and set oral arguments to examine the fundamental question of whether district judges can issue rulings that affect the...

Kagan denies migrants’ request to delay deportation, letting removal proceed without Court reviewSupreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Wednesday denied an emergency appeal by four Mexican nationals facing deportation. The request asked the court to temporarily block their removal so they could file a formal petition for review. Kagan denied the application without comment and did not refer the matter to her colleagues on the court.The petitioners, Fabian Lagunas Espinoza, Maria Angelica Flores Ulloa and their two sons, were ordered to report to immigration officials on April 17. Their legal team argued they face cartel violence if returned to Mexico.According...

BREAKING: Justice Kagan just denied emergency request from four people in the US illegally who are set to be deported. They lost before Bd of Immigration Appeals, 9th Cir affirmed. They asserted that they were victims of cartel violence and face explicit death threats.

The Trump administration had asked the justices to lift a nationwide pause on the policy as lower court challenges continue.The Supreme Court announced on Thursday that it would hear arguments in a few weeks over President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.The brief order by the justices was unsigned and gave no reasoning, as is typical in such emergency cases. But the unusual move is a sign that the justices consider the matter significant enough that they would immediately hold oral argument on the government’s request to lift a nationwide pause on the policy.The justices announced they would defer any...

See Order as noted

This morning at 10:00, the Supreme Court will be releasing Opinions on cases from the October 2024 term. A list of those cases can be found here:October 2024 termOpinions for all cases from the October sitting have been issued and there are only a couple remaining from the November sitting. Of interest from the December sitting is: U.S. v. Skrmetti, No. 23-477 [Arg: 12.4.2024] Issue(s): Whether Tennessee Senate Bill 1, which prohibits all medical treatments intended to allow “a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex” or to treat “purported discomfort or...

Earlier this month, Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered MS-13 gang member and illegal alien Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia—who had already been deported to El Salvador—brought back to the United States. On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling that, according to some interpretations, affirmed Abrego Garcia’s right to return. While liberal commentators rushed to celebrate the decision as a sweeping victory, they ignored key nuances in the Court’s language that sharply constrain the ruling’s actual reach. The left claims Abrego Garcia was “accidentally” deported to El Salvador, even though that wasn’t the case. The Supreme Court issued...

More US air attacks late tonight in Yemen... Britain and Norway putting up a military aid package to Ukraine... An emergency ruling from the US Supreme Court...order that man sent to El Salvador be returned... Six dead in the crash of a tourist helicopter... A sudden budget vote in the US House...Congressman Massie saying the bill is: "keeping spending on an increasingly unsustainable trajectory"... American and Russian officials have held talks in Istanbul... Tariffs on China hiked to 145 percent by the United States... Israel's High Court placing a temporary injunction on a state inquiry into submarine purchases... "There is...

Unsigned Order here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a949_lkhn.pdf

Immigration Summary: In an appeal in which the government challenged the district court’s judgment vacating a rule called Circumvention of Lawful Pathways (“the Rule”), the panel vacated its prior order staying the case pending settlement discussions (which were ultimately not successful); vacated the district court’s July 25, 2023, judgment; and remanded for the district court to address: (1) the impact of Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, 602 U.S. 367 (2024), on the issue of organizational standing; and (2) the impact of Executive Order 14165 § 7(a)–(b), which terminated the “lawful pathways” on which the Rule relies...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that, for now, President Donald Trump is not required to reinstate two members of independent federal agencies he wants to fire.The provisional decision affects Gwynne Wilcox, a member of the National Labor Relations Board, and Cathy Harris, a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board. Chief Justice John Roberts issued an order that temporarily blocked lower court rulings that said the two officials should be reinstated.SNIPAlthough the Supreme Court previously upheld protections against members of independent agencies being removed without cause, the current conservative majority has reversed course in recent cases affecting...

Overview: Gwynne Wilcox (a member of the National Labor Relations Board) sued President Donald Trump challenging her removal from the National Labor Relations Board as a violation of the National Labor Relations Act, claiming that Trump did not meet the standard required for Wilcox’s removal under federal law and that Wilcox was not given notice and a hearing to contest her removal. Judge Beryl Howell ruled in favor of Wilcox, holding she was unlawfully removed from office. The Trump administration appealed and the case is now being heard in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.Order: UPON CONSIDERATION...

Two federal judges on Wednesday blocked the removal of Venezuelan nationals and alleged TdA gang members facing deportation under the Alien Enemies Act after the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. US District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Fernando Rodriguez, Jr., a Trump appointee, issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) through April 23 or until he issues an order. “Respondents are enjoined from transferring, relocating, or removing J.A.V., J.G.G., W.G.H., or any other person that Respondents claim are subject to removal under the Proclamation, from the El Valle Detention Center; and Respondents are enjoined from...