I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.” ­­— Voltaire (1694-1778) When Thomas ...

The prisoner’s paradox teaches that systems can be confounded by their contradictions. Nigeria’s democracy, too, defies doom prophecies. Its progress is nonlinear—a dance of setbacks and breakthroughs ...

President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798​ to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members kicked off a legal battle.​ ...

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

The Trump administration deported of 137 Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Judge James E. Boasberg ...

which is the last remaining vestige of the notoriously repressive Alien and Sedition Acts. The AEA applies only when "there is a declared war" between the United States and a "foreign nation or ...

Before the current Trump administration, the law had been invoked just three times. By Tim Balk The centuries-old wartime law invoked by President Trump to summarily deport Venezuelans accused of ...

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

It is part of the Alien and Sedition Acts, a set of four laws passed in the late 1700s placing higher restrictions on immigration and speech. The Naturalisation Act raised requirements for citizenship ...