It is one thing to sacrifice liberty in the face of a real threat. To manufacture threats in order to sacrifice liberty is ...

Federal judges are not supposed to criticize the president of the United States other than in official opinions, deciding ...

Donald Trump invoked a law that played a role in one of the darkest moments in American history. Originally passed in 1798, ...

Federal judges are not supposed to criticize the president of the United States other than in official opinions deciding ...

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Invoking the law could make it far easier for the Trump administration to detain and deport undocumented immigrants living in ...

Today we face a constitutional crisis as the current administration has invoked the same statute, The Alien and Sedition Act of 1798, to remove immigrants without due process.

The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 are among the most reviled laws in our national history. They criminalized dissent, ...

It is “very, very clear” that the invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 by President Trump requires a declaration of ...

Many of us recall from Junior High School Civics, discussions of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, enacted under the administration of Federalist President John Adams. They arose from the ...

Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act to send hundreds of people with alleged Venezuelan gang ties to El Salvador, ignoring ...