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AlterNet 4/8/2025 at 12:19 AM EDT

'Devastating': Sotomayor slams Trump as 'lawless' for using 1798 law to deport immigrants

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President Donald Trump's administration was just given a green light by the 6-3 conservative-dominated Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to continue deporting immigrants without due process under a controversial centuries-old law. But justices' views varied widely on the issue. The decision -- which was handed down on party lines (and with Trump appointee Amy Coney Barrett partially dissenting) -- allows for Trump to continue deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 (AEA) while litigation plays out in the lower courts. The Supreme Court's ruling overturns rulings handed down by lower court judges that blocked the administration from deporting immigrants without first giving them a hearing in court as the AEA allows. The AEA has only been invoked three times in history, and hadn't been used since World War II.

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