In a stunning move that’s already stirring outrage among conservatives, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting dangerous Venezuelan nationals — including confirmed gang members — under the Alien Enemies Act. The high court’s unsigned order halted deportations on the grounds that the Department of Justice didn’t give the detainees enough notice or information to challenge their removal.
Yes, you read that correctly: the highest court in the land just told the Trump administration it can’t kick out violent foreign criminals — not because they’re innocent, but because they weren’t given more than 24 hours to lawyer up.
“Under these circumstances, notice roughly 24 hours before removal, devoid of information about how to exercise due process rights to contest that removal, surely does not pass muster,” the unsigned opinion stated.
Apparently, gang members now deserve a personal invitation and step-by-step legal guide before being deported. The court didn’t care that many of these individuals are known criminals from a country in political chaos. No, what matters more is bureaucratic “due process” for foreign nationals — even those with ties to criminal activity.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito weren’t buying it and issued a blistering dissent. Alito argued that the court had no jurisdiction and blasted the majority for intervening before the lower courts had even weighed in.
“I cannot join the decision of the Court,” Alito wrote. “First and most important, we lack jurisdiction and therefore have no authority to issue any relief. Second, even if we had such authority, the applicants have not satisfied the requirements for the issuance of injunctive relief pending appellate review.”
Meanwhile, Justice Brett Kavanaugh sided with the majority, writing that the injunction was “limited” and just ensured the court system could weigh in before deportations occurred. Translation: kick the can down the road and let the lower courts figure it out.
Now the case heads back to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, where judges will determine how much notice illegal alien detainees — including gang members — must receive before they can be lawfully deported under a statute that’s existed since the 18th century.
The decision is another stark reminder that even with a Trump-era revival of law and order, the fight against globalist, open-borders ideology is far from over — even at the Supreme Court.
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