A Timeline of Legal Battles Over Trump’s Use of the Alien Enemies Act NYT | Top Stories Yan Zhuang and Tim Balk 3 September 2025 at 17:41 Challenges to the administration’s use of the 18th-century wartime law have gone all the way to the Supreme Court. Here’s where they stand. © Eric Lee/The New York TimesPresident Trump in the Oval Office this week. He has said he respects the Supreme Court, but his administration’s immigration policies have raised questions about whether judicial orders are being followed.