A History of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798
The law’s roots lie in an undeclared sea conflict between a young American nation and France. President John Adams signed the ...
Trump's Reading of the Alien Enemies Act Defies the Usual Meaning of Its Terms
To justify the immediate deportation of suspected Venezuelan gang members, the president is invoking a rarely used statute ...
The President Who Cried Wolf
It is one thing to sacrifice liberty in the face of a real threat. To manufacture threats in order to sacrifice liberty is ...
‘History repeating itself:’ Japanese Americans, immigrants condemn Trump’s use of 18th-century law
Advocates worry the move is part of the president’s mass deportation agenda and could lead to the targeting of more immigrant ...
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Opinion – Col Owens: Do we face a constitutional crisis?
It is hard not to be preoccupied, if not obsessed, with political events of the day. Whatever one thinks of the concerns of ...
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Trump v. Boasberg: If This Isn’t a Constitutional Crisis, What Is?
Think we’re not in a constitutional crisis yet? We’re not. We’re in several. One involves Elon Musk and DOGE, barging their way into the United States Institute for Peace, created by Congress under ...
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STEPHEN COHEN: A historical perspective on Trump’s invocation of the Enemy Aliens Act of 1798
The law that was used to intern our innocent countrymen and -women 80 years ago—and only once before in World War I—is now ...