The Supreme Court ruled late yesterday that the Trump administration can continue to use a rare 18th century war authority to deport Venezuelan immigrants alleged to be gang members.

William Brangham is here now with more. William?

The justices, which were split five to four, effectively overturned Judge James Boseberg's

earlier temporary injunction blocking those deportations. But the court did stipulate that

migrants must be given, quote, reasonable time to challenge their deportations under the

Alien Enemies Act. So to discuss this further, we are joined again by

Steve Vladek. He's a constitutional law professor at Georgetown University. Professor Vlattuck,

great to have you back on the program. So the administration clearly believes that this decision

was a victory. The president called it a great day for justice in America. When you look at

that ruling, does it feel like a true victory for the president's immigration policy?

So, I mean, the first answer is no. You know, President Trump had taken the position that he had

the power to remove individuals without the kind of due process that, as you quoted, the Supreme Court majority has insisted on.

And he said he can do it without having to even justify it after the fact. And so, you know, the fact that we're going to have hearings now, at least for anyone going forward, it's actually a pretty big loss for the Trump

administration, even if it came in the process of vacating, as you note, these lower court

rulings by Judge Bozberg.

I mean, how concerned are you that if you're using the Alien Enemies Act to deport people,

that people who are subject to deportation

will have the ability to have their day in court, so to speak. Yeah, William, that's the right

question. And I think part of why you've seen so much disagreement today over how big of a deal

yesterday's ruling was is because it really remains to be

seen. You know, the concern that folks have is that there will be some individuals who will have

access to lawyers whose families will be able to, you know, fight for them in court, but that there

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