Two Court Rulings on Donald Trump’s Deportations

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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The Supreme Court lifts an order preventing swift removal of alleged gang members under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Yet the majority of the Justices take no position on the merits of using that law, while they also emphasize the requirement of due process. Meantime, an appeals court says the White House must seek the return of a man mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:40.5	Tubing rulings on President Trump's deportation efforts, one from the Supreme Court ending a halt on the administration's
0:46.3	actions under the Alien Enemies Act, and another that's going to the justices next, ordering
0:52.3	the White House to seek the return of a migrant unlawfully
0:55.8	sent to a prison in El Salvador. Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
1:01.2	We're joined today by my colleagues, columnist Alicia Finley, and Kim Strassall. The Supreme Court ruled
1:06.9	5-4 on Monday to dissolve restraining orders issued by a federal judge in Washington,
1:12.5	D.C. that had blocked the removal of migrants from the United States under the Alien Enemies Act
1:19.2	of 1798. This is President Trump this morning on Truth Social. Supreme Court has upheld the rule of
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