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From Fox News: Justice Samuel Alito wrote a fiery dissent against a recent Supreme Court move to halt President Donald Trump’s deportations of Venezuelan criminals under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
The decision, which was issued early Saturday morning, effectively blocks the deportations of Venezuelan migrants under the 18th century law. In a decision that was also signed off on by conservative Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, the court advised the White House not to remove Venezuelans held in Texas’ Bluebonnet Detention Center “until further order of this court.”
Alito disapproved of the timing of the decision, which he described as being “literally in the middle of the night.”
“[T]he Court issued unprecedented and legally questionable relief without giving the lower courts a chance to rule, without hearing from the opposing party, within eight hours of receiving the application, with dubious factual support for its order, and without providing any explanation for its order,” Alito wrote.
The scorching rebuke continues: “I refused to join the Court’s order because we had no good reason to think that, under the circumstances, issuing an order at midnight was necessary or appropriate.
“Both the Executive and the Judiciary have an obligation to follow the law. The Executive must proceed under the terms of our order in Trump v. J. G. G., 604 U. S. ___ (2025) (per curiam), and this Court should follow established procedures.”
Justice Clarence Thomas joined Alito in the dissent.
“Justice Alito’s dissent is 🔥 [fire],” declared Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).
Justice Alito’s dissent is 🔥 pic.twitter.com/1MqHYhPea9
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) April 20, 2025
NEW: Justice Alito’s dissent in SCOTUS’ mindboggling 1am Saturday ruling to halt deportations in Alien Enemies Act lawsuit in northern Texas absolutely nukes his colleagues for such a hasty, unprecedented act pic.twitter.com/09bvOGz2BR
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) April 20, 2025
Alito blasts ‘unprecedented’ SCOTUS move to halt Trump’s Venezuelan deportations: ‘Legally questionable’ https://t.co/pGN1nqNh63
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 20, 2025
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