Yet Another Federal Court Rules Against Trump in an Alien Enemies Act Case
The Southern District of New York rules Trump invoked the Act illegally, because there is no "invasion" or "predatory incursion."
The Southern District of New York rules Trump invoked the Act illegally, because there is no "invasion" or "predatory incursion."
The president wants to develop the F-47 fighter jet 60 years before the F-35 is scheduled to retire.
A training slideshow reveals how deluded American leaders continue to be about the Iraq War, more than two decades later.
Trump has hired a notorious hawk as his national security adviser—and fired that adviser after getting in the way of delicate diplomatic talks—in each of his two terms.
Federal district court Judge Fernando Rodriguez ruled that Trump invoked the AEA illegally, and that migrants threatened with deportation under the Act can file class action habeas petitions.
Washington is dumping valuable resources—literally—into a Middle Eastern war of choice.
But volunteers are stepping up even as Congress fails to act.
The court ruled that Trump invoked the AEA illegally, blocks deportation of Venezuelan migrants who filed the case, and sets out standards for notifying them of their rights to challenge their deportation.
The order temporarily blocks AEA deportations. It likely also reflects the Court's growing frustration with the Trump Administration.
Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi thought he was going to become an American. Instead, ICE whisked him away into detention.
A Civil War follow up that depicts the bleak, meaningless, moment-to-moment terror of modern war.
This case has crucial implications for the ability of migrants to effectively challenge illegal AEA deportations.
The Supreme Court oveturns lower court decisions temporarily barring AEA deportations, but also emphasizes that detainees are entitled to due process, and that AEA deportations are subject to judicial review.
For an administration that likes to show off successful assassinations, the Trump team has been surprisingly tight-lipped about the Houthi commanders they targeted.
A leading expert on habeas corpus explains why the Trump Administration is wrong to claim the case must be heard in Texas, rather than Washington, DC.
Iran isn’t building a nuclear weapon, the Trump administration says. But this hasn’t stopped the march toward war.
The 2-1 ruling is procedural, but strongly suggests the majority judges also reject the Trump administration's position on the merits.
With the controversy over the leaked White House group chat, mainstream media have been treating secrecy as a virtue and disclosure as a vice. That’s a dangerous game.
Judge Boasberg ruled the migrants are entitled to due process in determing whether they really are "alien enemies" covered by the Act.
After Assad’s fall, Syria was poised for liberation. Instead, ethnic violence, sectarian dogma, and unchecked power are threatening to turn victory into yet another nightmare.
The White House accidentally leaked military plans in Yemen to a journalist—and demonstrated how unconstitutional U.S. war making has become.
City University of New York professor Peter Beinart and AEI's Michael Rubin debate Israel and Palestine.
Links to audios of a Cato Institute podcast and an interview with ABC News (Australia).
The participants were Adam Cox (NYU) and myself.
The president is quickly wiping out his own accomplishments.
The U.S. is back to bombing the Houthi movement.
The article is coauthored with Cato Institute scholar David Bier.
Syrian Kurdish rebels and the new Syrian government have agreed to reunite peacefully. The U.S. military may have helped broker the agreement.
His apparent plan to do so is illegal and would set a dangerous precedent if allowed to stand.
Rep. Adam Smith (D–Wash.) thinks Democrats should return to their antiwar roots—and be open to negotiating with Russia.
The president is publicly taking a tough line on the Middle East—while privately supporting diplomacy.
Plus: The Trump administration's American dream revisionism, 50 theses on DOGE, what people get wrong about extreme MAGA, and more...
Vanity Fair's James Pogue dives into the dissident right, his personal experiences with MAGA, and how Ukraine policy is unfolding.
Hawks from both major parties lashed out at the confirmation hearing for Trump’s nominee for top military strategist.
Plus: Tariffs go into effect, inside the fact-checker industrial complex, and more...
One bright spot from Trump's shameful behavior in the Oval Office would be if it spurs European nations to shoulder more of the burden of supporting Ukraine.
As world leaders debate, Ukrainian defenders innovate, adapt, and wage defensive war on their own terms.
Forget boots on the ground. Now we’ll have Americans “on the land.”
Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy's book tells the stories of soldiers, stalkers, and squatters in Chernobyl during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Plus: A listener asks the editors whether it makes sense for a country to have a sovereign wealth fund.
It's a terrible decision for both moral and pragmatic reasons.
What the Russian-born author would have thought of Russia's war in Ukraine
While the U.S. publicly insisted on an “open door” policy, Zelenskyy says he was privately told that Ukraine couldn’t join NATO.
Plus: OpenAI vs. Musk, Eric Adams corruption charges dropped, and more...
Antiwar.com's Scott Horton and The Free Press's Eli Lake debate U.S. foreign policy and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The president says he wants peace in the Middle East. But his plans are all over the place.
Reviving the Monroe Doctrine and 19th century Republican adventurism is not a shortcut to peace.
The Trump administration made an extreme claim about wasteful foreign aid that just wasn't true.
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