Federal Appeals Court Delivers Win For Trump in Alien Enemies Act Case

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A federal appeals court on Thursday delivered a huge win for President Trump in a key Alien Enemies Act lawsuit.

The en banc panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (a decision from the court’s entire slate of judges) ruled that a key lawsuit is moot because the three men who brought the case have been deported.

“The Supreme Court remanded this case to us when the three named petitioners were still in the country. But we have since learned that the government has removed them. Given this change, we conclude that the appeal is moot,” the judges wrote.

“Given the lack of any named petitioners to whom we could grant relief in this appeal, and given that this case has never and does not now feature any class, we conclude that the appeal is moot. We therefore DISMISS the appeal for lack of jurisdiction,” the judges wrote.

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