BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove anyone from the United States under Trump's Alien Enemies Act procl

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Chris Geidner
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BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove anyone from the United States under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation who is a part of the potential class in the Northern District of Texas case until further order of the court.

Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.

This is an unusual order for several reasons, suggesting the majority thought it necessary. This was issued:
• after midnight
• before the government even responded (perhaps most irregular)
• while a Fifth Circuit request remains pending &
• before a dissenting justice could finish their statement.

Also, while the message is clear, the “putative class” is technically only those in the Northern District of Texas who could be subject to the AEA proclamation. (Despite what I’m seeing from some posts flying around. And, which is why my initial post is worded as it is.)

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. This makes me smile

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[Hekate]

2. Me too

[calimary]

5. Me three!

[lindysalsagal]

9. Thomas and Alito having the most to hide from their bribes. It's an admission of guilt.

[electric_blue68]

3. Woah! 7-2. Good!

I often stay up too late, but I'm glad I caught this!

[Bluethroughu]

4. The majority here, may have just put the Constitution

Above their king. That same Constitution that was written to protect the people from a King.

Excellent, more of this.

[lindysalsagal]

6. Here it is in WAPO: Supreme Court blocks Alien Enemies Act deportation of Venezuelan men

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/04/18/aclu-alien-enemies-deportations-trump/

The Trump administration was planning to deport at least 30 Venezuelan men under a rarely invoked wartime statute before the court ruled to temporarily halt it.

By Marianne LeVine, Jeremy Roebuck, Spencer S. Hsu and Aaron Schaffer
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration early Saturday to temporarily halt the deportations of at least 30 alleged Venezuelan gang members who immigration advocates say were at imminent risk of being removed from the country.

“The Government is directed not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees from the United States until further order of this Court,” the order reads.

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. dissented.

The Trump administration was preparing to deport the Venezuelan men under the Alien Enemies Act, the American Civil Liberties Union said Friday as it scrambled to find a court it could persuade to step in and block the removals before it was too late.

[lindysalsagal]

8. Boasberg "has launched a criminal contempt inquiry." THAT's news.

Boasberg announced in an order this week that he has found probable cause that Trump administration officials willfully violated his order not to remove Venezuelan migrants from the country based the Alien Enemies Act, and he has launched a criminal contempt inquiry.

[Skittles]

7. Thomas and Alito

[Buns_of_Fire]

10. "They've made their decision. Let them enforce it."

~Fatass Trump the Almighty, channeling Andrew Jackson.

[hlthe2b]

12. I know the history, but this seems almost taunting...

That can't be how you meant it? I'm happy for even small wins right now...

[Buns_of_Fire]

13. No, not taunting. Just resigned.

Even in the best of times, our legal system seems less concerned with "did he actually do it?" than it is with "was the third word in paragraph six misspelled?"

I guess I'm still searching for black-and-white answers in a technicolor world.

But yes, you're right, I'll take whatever victory I can get.

[hlthe2b]

11. I'm waking up to this (decision was pending when I, exhausted, went to bed).... Damn, good to see...

damned good. Chipping away at the Fascism, but a start.

[blogslug]

14. kick!

[BoRaGard]

15. k and r