Trump lost on his most aggressive claims of executive power for the second time in a week.
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Forthesecondtimeinaweek,allninemembersoftheU.S.SupremeCourthaverejectedasweepingassertionofexecutivepowermadebyPresidentDonaldTrumpinacasearisingfromTrump’sunilateraleffortstodeportaliensfromtheUnitedStates.
ThefirstrejectioncameonApril7,whentheSupremeCourtunanimouslyruledthatalldeporteesundertheAlienEnemiesActmustbeaffordeddueprocessoflaw,including“noticeandanopportunitytochallengetheirremoval.”ThatwasaclearrepudiationofTrump’sclaimthattheAlienEnemiesActallowedhimtosummarilydeportallegedmembersofaVenezuelanstreetgangwithoutdueprocessandjudicialreview.ButasJusticeBrettKavanaughobservedinconcurrenceinTrumpv.J.G.G.,“allnineMembersoftheCourtagreethatjudicialreviewisavailable.”
ThesecondrejectioncameonApril10,whenaunanimousSupremeCourtletstand,inpart,alowercourtorderwhichdirectedtheTrumpadministrationto“facilitateandeffectuatethereturn…totheUnitedStates”ofKilma
