The law, which gives the president sweeping powers over non-citizens, was part of a set of statutes that emerged during the ...

President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against Tren de Aragua members, provoking a legal fight. Here's what to ...

How much to you know about the recent Supreme Court ruling on President Donald Trump’s implementation of the Alien Enemies ...

Cartoon depicting congressional debate over the Alien and Sedition Acts. (NA) Today, President Donald Trump issued an executive proclamation invoking the use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and ...

The use of the Alien and Sedition Acts to target a group pre-supposed to be hostile to Adams’s political agenda was based entirely on a desire to target political enemies. Particular people ...

It is “very, very clear” that the invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 by President Trump requires a declaration of war before it can be implemented, according to Timothy J. Sullivan, president ...

To justify the immediate deportation of suspected Venezuelan gang members, the president is invoking a rarely used statute that does not seem to give him the authority he claims.

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to enforce the Alien Enemies Act for now, handing the White House ...

The first branch of government should stop or empower Trump's use of the Enemy Aliens Act. Instead, Congress chooses to ...

So in 1798, the Federalists tried to quell domestic opposition by passing the Alien and Sedition Acts, a series of controversial laws that banned political dissent by limiting free speech.

The ruling said a judge can't block Trump’s plan nationwide but made it clear that people swept up must have a chance to ...

Nicole Brown Chau is a deputy managing editor for CBSNews.com. She writes and edits national news, health stories, explainers and more. The March 15 order was upheld by a federal appeals court on ...