Attorneys general from 26 states filed an amicus or friend of the court brief on March 31, urging the Supreme Court to grant President Donald Trump’s request for a stay in a case challenging his use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected members of a Venezuelan gang.
Trump asked the Supreme Court on March 28 to vacate orders from a federal judge blocking his ability to implement a proclamation applying the Alien Enemies Act to members of Tren de Aragua (TdA).
“The district court … erred by failing to afford the President proper deference in his exercise of his statutory and constitutional powers,” read the brief from the attorneys general, all Republicans. “In doing so,” they added, “the district court violated important principles of separation of powers.”...
