A Hong Kong student at a Japanese university has been jailed for two months after she admitted publication of 13 pro-independence social media posts in breach of a colonial-era sedition law. West ...

With the 1798 Alien Enemies Law in the news as the Trump administration attempts to remove foreign nationals from the United States without the typically required legal processes, a historical view ...

Prison guards transfer alleged Venezuelan gang members to a detention center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 16, 2025. El Salvador presidential press office via AP A federal judge swiftly blocked ...

The First Amendment says that "Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech." But one prominent conservative ...

President Donald Trump is reportedly considering invoking a law that is over 200 years old to support his mass deportation agenda. Here is what the Alien Enemies Act is, and how Trump could wield it.