Fifth Circuit Tosses the Alien Enemies Act Challenge as Moot After the Government Deported All Three Plaintiffs
- Date
- Aug 13, 2026
- Outcome
- Administration won
- Posture
- Merits
- Party
- United States
- Source
- nbcnews.com ↗
- Publisher
- NBC News
- Disposition
- Appeal dismissed as moot by the en banc Fifth Circuit; the lawfulness of the Alien Enemies Act invocation is left undecided
- Caveat
- Appeal dismissed as moot after the government removed all three petitioners under other authorities; the lawfulness of the Alien Enemies Act invocation was not decided.
- Ledger id
- 1880
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