Trump's Understanding of Due Process Is Just As Farcical As His Definition of 'Alien Enemies'
A new ACLU lawsuit argues that the government still is not giving alleged gang members the "notice" required by a Supreme Court order.
A new ACLU lawsuit argues that the government still is not giving alleged gang members the "notice" required by a Supreme Court order.
Small businesses and a dozen states have filed a pair of lawsuits challenging Trump's authority to impose tariffs on board games, clothes, and lots of other things.
The suit resembles previous ones on the same subject filed by the state of California, and by the Liberty Justice Center and myself.
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.
Two of his targets are seeking permanent injunctions against the president's blatantly unconstitutional executive orders.
Signers include Steve Calabresi, Harold Koh, Richard Epstein, Michael McConnell, Alan Sykes, former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, and others.
The degree of agreement among participants with major ideological diferences is striking.
The motion was filed today, and sets out our case in detail.
It explains why the IEEPA "Liberation Day" tariffs are illegal and how our case against them relates to the other three cases challenging Trup's tariffs.
The Liberty Justice Center and I filed the case on Monday.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg says the evidence indicates that the government "willfully disobeyed" his order blocking removal of alleged Venezuelan gang members.
I was interviewed by Caleb Brown of Cato.
They challenge both the "Liberation Day" IEEPA tariffs, and earlier ones imposed on Canada, Mexico and China.
The Supreme Court unanimously rejected that claim, upholding the right to due process in deportation cases.
Several businesses harmed by Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs have filed a lawsuit challenging his use of emergency economic powers.
Richard Nixon infamously drafted an "enemies list" of people he wanted to go after. At least Trump conducts his corruption out in the open.
It was filed today in the US Court of International Trade.
They argue the tariffs violate the constitutional separation of powers and their tribal treaty rights.
Trump lost on his most aggressive claims of executive power for the second time in a week.
"Nor is it taking a new approach."
Unanimous ruling is a big win for immigrant rights. But it does have unfortunate ambiguities.
Even after Trump paused some of his new tariffs for 90 days, we still have the highest average tariffs in over a century and the biggest trade war since the Great Depression. Real relief will only come if Congress or the courts deny Trump the power to do this.
We need a district judge to enter a nationwide injunction putting a stop to these huge unilateral, presidential tax increases on ordinary working-class people.
But 10% tariffs are still being imposed on nearly all countries, without any letup. And we are still moving ahead with our lawsuit challenging them.
In the span of a week, Trump cratered the stock market and brought it much of the way back, with little more than public statements.
The Supreme Court did not answer two of the biggest legal questions raised by Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act.
Bills introduced Tuesday in the House and Senate would terminate the emergency declaration Trump issued last week.
The president is politically targeting those he says politically targeted him.
Although the Court lifted an order that temporarily blocked removal of suspected gang members, it unambiguously affirmed their right to judicial review.
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.
The Supreme Court seems likely to agree that a member of the National Labor Relations Board may be fired by the president at will.
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the president's imposition of tariffs, a lawsuit alleges.
They weren't authorized by Congress and go against the major questions and nondelegation doctrines.
The Trump administration says it is shameful even to suggest that immigration agents could make such errors.
The Liberty Justice Center and I are looking for appropriate plaintiffs to bring this type of case. LJC (a prominent public interest law firm) can represent them pro bono.
Alleged criminal aliens may face legal punishment. But only after receiving due process of law.
Donald Trump is determined to make everything from Canadian whiskey to Mexican avocados more expensive. Can anyone stop him?
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.
The 2-1 ruling is procedural, but strongly suggests the majority judges also reject the Trump administration's position on the merits.
Judge Boasberg ruled the migrants are entitled to due process in determing whether they really are "alien enemies" covered by the Act.
An unconstitutional act is still unconstitutional even if lots of people support it.
The feds have no constitutional authorization to meddle in education.
To justify the immediate deportation of suspected Venezuelan gang members, the president is invoking a rarely used statute that does not seem to apply in this context.
Links to audios of a Cato Institute podcast and an interview with ABC News (Australia).
The participants were Adam Cox (NYU) and myself.
"Impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision," Roberts noted after Trump said federal judges who impede his agenda should be fired.
The removals challenge Humphrey’s Executor, a Supreme Court precedent that protects independent agency officials from political firings.
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