April 7, 2025: The Supreme Court Vacated His Alien Enemies TROs.

Court finding, not commentary: the Supreme Court vacated Chief Judge Boasberg’s orders.

Docket 24A931, Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., Applicants v. J.G.G., et al. The Court’s April 7, 2025, per curiam states that the application to vacate the orders of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia “is granted.” The March 15, 2025, minute orders granting a temporary restraining order and the March 28, 2025, extension in case No. 1:25-cv-766 “are vacated.”

The Court held that challenges to removal under the Alien Enemies Act must be brought in habeas, and that venue for such habeas lies in the district of confinement. The detainees were confined in Texas; the District of Columbia was the wrong venue. The Court also wrote that persons subject to the Act are entitled to notice and an opportunity to seek habeas in the proper venue before removal. Justice Kavanaugh concurred. Justice Sotomayor dissented, joined in whole or in part as the slip opinion records; Justice Jackson filed a separate dissent.

RealClearPolitics posted a same-week blurb, “SCOTUS Halts Boasberg—for Now.” That headline is commentary packaging. The holding is the PDF on supremecourt.gov.