
Damon Root
Contributor at Reason
Journalist & author. Latest book: A GLORIOUS LIBERTY: FREDERICK DOUGLASS & THE FIGHT FOR AN ANTISLAVERY CONSTITUTION.
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1 week ago |
reason.com | Damon Root
Trump Administration No, the Supreme Court did not give Trump free rein in the case of a wrongly deported man.
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reason.com | Damon Root
Immigration Trump lost on his most aggressive claims of executive power for the second time in a week.
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2 weeks ago |
reason.com | Damon Root
Donald Trump The Supreme Court did not answer two of the biggest legal questions raised by Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act.
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2 weeks ago |
reason.com | Damon Root
Tariffs The Supreme Court has ample precedent to rule against Trump’s trade war.
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2 weeks ago |
reason.com | Damon Root
Trump Administration The Supreme Court seems likely to agree that a member of the National Labor Relations Board may be fired by the president at will.
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Lower court ordered Trump to “facilitate and effectuate” Abrego Garcia’s return while SCOTUS orders “facilitate.” But it’s clearly still a notable loss for Trump, who claimed the courts had no right to be involved at all.

Breaking News: The Supreme Court instructed the government to take steps to return a Salvadoran migrant it had wrongly deported to a prison in El Salvador. https://t.co/EvcuaNnlig

Another loss for Trump’s most expansive claim of executive power.

NEW: The Supreme Court largely leaves in place an federal judge’s order directing the government to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia who is currently being held in a maximum-security prison in El Salvador as a result of a removal the Trump administration concedes was an

It is a partial win for Trump. But all 9 justices also agreed that all deportees under the Alien Enemies Act must be afforded due process, including “notice and an opportunity to challenge their removal.” That is a rejection of Trump’s most expansive claim of executive power.

This is a landmark victory for the rule of law. Liberal district judges thought they could control President Trump’s foreign policy. They cannot. We will continue to deport violent terrorsts, and we are going to make America safe again. https://t.co/vELMHZkNAA