Justice Department Memo Claims Alien Enemies Act Allows Warrantless Home Searches and No Judicial Review
The memo says "Alien Enemies" aren't subject "to a judicial review of the removal in any court of the United States."
The memo says "Alien Enemies" aren't subject "to a judicial review of the removal in any court of the United States."
It appears many people are now eager to dispense with due process.
"We have thousands of people that are ready to go out, and you can't have a trial for all of these people," Trump said.
Plus: A listener asks who was the better president: Trump or Obama?
In Justice Abandoned, a law professor argues that the Court got these key decisions wrong.
“The Executive will lose much from a public perception of its lawlessness and all of its attendant contagions.”
"This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear," Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson warned.
Spencer Byrd's case helped spark reforms and a federal lawsuit, but he died before seeing justice.
No, the Supreme Court did not give Trump free rein in the case of a wrongly deported man.
The pro-censorship post was quite the Freudian slip from the Trump administration.
Trump lost on his most aggressive claims of executive power for the second time in a week.
The Supreme Court did not answer two of the biggest legal questions raised by Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act.
Detroit lawyer Amir Makled has confidential client data on his phone. That didn’t stop U.S. Customs and Border Protection from trying to search it.
A federal court ruled Trina Martin could not sue the government after agents burst into her home and held an innocent man at gunpoint.
The Supreme Court has ample precedent to rule against Trump’s trade war.
Alleged criminal aliens may face legal punishment. But only after receiving due process of law.
Trump wants to purge the federal bench of judges who disagree with him. Thomas Jefferson did too, and it didn't work out.
An unconstitutional act is still unconstitutional even if lots of people support it.
The White House accidentally leaked military plans in Yemen to a journalist—and demonstrated how unconstitutional U.S. war making has become.
The judge ruled that Donald Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's executive orders targeting "gender ideology" can't change the fact that drag performance is expressive conduct under the First Amendment.
Linda Martin's lawsuit alleges that the agency violated her right to due process when it took her $40,200 and sent her a notice failing to articulate the reason.
The attempt to retaliate against a cinema for screening a documentary on the Israel-Palestine conflict drew national condemnation from civil rights groups and filmmakers.
Plus: Who's in charge of DOGE, protests over Israel's renewed assault on Gaza, and a tribute to the life of Manuel Klausner.
Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner says "disseminating antisemitism" in a taxpayer-owned building is "unjust to the values of our city and residents and should not be tolerated."
While overturning sentences through courts can take years, a grant of clemency is instantaneous.
FCC v. Consumers’ Research could dismantle a massive slush fund run by unelected regulators and industry insiders.
Texas A&M's Board of Regents voted to ban drag shows on the grounds that they objectify women and violate state and federal policies against promoting "gender ideology."
A smaller government with a more powerful set of unaccountable executive officials is unlikely to be much of a win for liberty.
Making policy and passing laws is supposed to be difficult and should be left to the messy channels established by the Constitution.
Most courts have ruled that vanity license plates are private speech and protected from viewpoint discrimination under the First Amendment.
Elon Musk's vague White House role is only controversial because he's trying to slash bureaucracy.
The law is wasteful and protectionist. Now, a new lawsuit argues that it is unconstitutional too.
The president is positioning himself to have much greater control over a smaller, enfeebled federal bureaucracy.
Georgetown constitutional law professor Randy Barnett discusses the legality of DOGE, Trump's executive orders, and birthright citizenship.
To settle with the Securities and Exchange Commission, you must swear silence.
In a jaw-dropping argument, the Department of Justice claims seizing $50,000 from a small business doesn’t violate property rights because money isn’t property.
The executive order contradicts the 14th Amendment and 127 years of judicial precedent.
Though awkward and antiquated, the Second Amendment’s syntax and grammar unambiguously protect gun rights.
"Every day I confront a bill that wants to ban another Chinese company," the Kentucky senator tells Reason.
Former Rep. Justin Amash explains why President Donald Trump's interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment is wrong.
New historical evidence on the ERA's invalidity.
A unanimous Supreme Court decision established as much in 1965.
Decades after his death, the English philosopher's ideas helped shape the American republic.
Biden announced today that the Equal Rights Amendment is the "law of the land," but the Justice Department and the national archivist disagree.
The Justice Department temporarily suspended the program in November because of "significant risks" of constitutional violations.
How a 1949 Supreme Court dissent gave birth to a meme that subverts free speech and civil liberties.
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