The Supreme Court on Monday evening ruled that the Trump administration can continue to use the Alien Enemies Act, granting an emergency request from the administration.
The unsigned decision allows Trump to invoke the 1798 law while litigation involving the use of the act plays out in lower courts, per CNN. The three more liberal justices in the high court dissented, and Justice Amy Coney Barrett partially dissented. Trump wrote in response to the ruling, "The Supreme Court has upheld the Rule of Law in our Nation by allowing a President, whoever that may be, to be able to secure our Borders, and protect our families and our Country, itself. A GREAT DAY FOR JUSTICE IN AMERICA!"
The court said in the order that officials must give those subject to the Act adequate notice that they are being removed so that they have time to bring forth habeas complaints.
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