5-4 is razor thin. I will look for who voted which way. Says everything.

Edit to fact check my own post.

This X post (from today, March 31, 2026) is recirculating old news.

The main claim — a “jaw-dropping 5-4 ruling” giving President Trump broad authority under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport Tren de Aragua gang members (including sending them to El Salvador’s mega-prison) — refers to the Supreme Court’s April 7, 2025 emergency order in Trump v. J.G.G. (24A931).

• That 5-4 per curiam decision (unsigned) vacated a D.C. district court’s temporary block on the deportations.
• It said challenges must be filed as individual habeas petitions in the district where the detainees are held (mostly Texas), not as a class action in D.C.
• All nine justices agreed some judicial review (habeas) is available, but the 5-justice majority cleared the way for the administration to proceed with removals under the Act (subject to notice and habeas opportunities).

There is no new SCOTUS ruling today (or in the last few days) on this issue. Follow-up emergency orders happened in April–May 2025 (some imposing temporary pauses for due-process reasons), and litigation has continued in lower courts since then, but nothing matches the “breaking” framing in this post.

The video in the post appears to be 2025 news footage being reused. Several replies in the thread are already pointing this out as old/misleading content.

In short: The post itself is brand new (posted earlier today), but the “news” it’s hyping is nearly a year old. Deportations under the Act have been happening since spring 2025, but today’s Supreme Court isn’t issuing any fresh decision on it.

5-4 is razor thin. I will look for who voted which way. Says everything.

Edit to fact check my own post.

This X post (from today, March 31, 2026) is recirculating old news.

The main claim — a “jaw-dropping 5-4 ruling” giving President Trump broad authority under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport Tren de Aragua gang members (including sending them to El Salvador’s mega-prison) — refers to the Supreme Court’s April 7, 2025 emergency order in Trump v. J.G.G. (24A931).

• That 5-4 per curiam decision (unsigned) vacated a D.C. district court’s temporary block on the deportations.
• It said challenges must be filed as individual habeas petitions in the district where the detainees are held (mostly Texas), not as a class action in D.C.
• All nine justices agreed some judicial review (habeas) is available, but the 5-justice majority cleared the way for the administration to proceed with removals under the Act (subject to notice and habeas opportunities).

There is no new SCOTUS ruling today (or in the last few days) on this issue. Follow-up emergency orders happened in April–May 2025 (some imposing temporary pauses for due-process reasons), and litigation has continued in lower courts since then, but nothing matches the “breaking” framing in this post.

The video in the post appears to be 2025 news footage being reused. Several replies in the thread are already pointing this out as old/misleading content.

In short: The post itself is brand new (posted earlier today), but the “news” it’s hyping is nearly a year old. Deportations under the Act have been happening since spring 2025, but today’s Supreme Court isn’t issuing any fresh decision on it.

5-4 is razor thin. I will look for who voted which way. Says everything.