Appeals court strikes down Trump’s use of 1798 law for gang deportations

Appeals court blocks Trump’s use of 1798 Alien Enemies Act to speed deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members, setting stage for Supreme Court fight.A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump cannot use an 18th-century wartime law to speed the deportations of people his administration accuses of membership in a Venezuelan gang, blocking a signature administration push that is destined for a final showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, one of the most conservative federal appeals courts in the country, agreed with immigrant rights lawyers and...