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In reply to the discussion: Trump administration deports hundreds of migrants even as judge orders that removals be stopped [View all]BumRushDaShow
(165,871 posts)34. The problem -AGAIN- is the use of the authority from the "Alien Enemies Act of 1798"
which in this case IS illegal. The United States is NOT at war with a country and none has been declared (which per the Constitution is the purview of CONGRESS) -
Article I
(snip)
Section 8.
The Congress shall have power
(snip)
To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlei
(snip)
Section 8.
The Congress shall have power
(snip)
To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlei
There are THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS who have been deported using the correct authorities.
What war has been declared that allows the suspension of due process?
NEWSFLASH: We are NOT a "dictatorship" with a "unitary Executive".
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Trump administration deports hundreds of migrants even as judge orders that removals be stopped [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2025
OP
No. It's. Not. -- executive is not obligated to follow an unconstitutional judicial order
cadoman
Mar 2025
#5
Honest question: What was illegal about the deportation of the "Venezuelan gang members?"
Polybius
Mar 2025
#14
What was "illegal" was the use of the "Alien Enemies Act of 1798" to do it
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2025
#20
When I saw saw your reply, I was literally listening to a local news radio report on this very subject
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2025
#23
While your intent may be laudable your understanding of the legal case at hand and
moniss
Mar 2025
#16
that is essentially what the EO asserts, it uses the term "hybrid criminal state" (nt)
cadoman
Mar 2025
#31
I don't believe they are all gang members any more than I believe "their eating the cats and dogs".
Cobalt Violet
Mar 2025
#24
"It would be a mistake to use our political capital protecting TdA terrorists"
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2025
#3
you do know that the ACLU battled a far more extreme use of this power and lost, right?
cadoman
Mar 2025
#7
agree, and the plaintiffs will have to prove that TdA is an independent org from Venezuela
cadoman
Mar 2025
#37
we have a shit-ton of overcrowded and poorly-funded facilities that desperately need to be improved
cadoman
Mar 2025
#10
The problem -AGAIN- is the use of the authority from the "Alien Enemies Act of 1798"
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2025
#34