The Trump administration will not be allowed to deport a group of Venezuelan migrants accused of being members of a violent gang under a centuries-old wartime law while the matter is litigated in the courts, the Supreme Court announced this afternoon.

The ruling suggested that a majority of the justices were skeptical of whether the migrants had been afforded enough due process protections. Two of the court’s most conservative justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, dissented.

The justices sent the case back to an appeals court, which they directed to examine claims by the migrants that they could not be legally deported under the Alien Enemies Act. The justices also called for the lower court to consider how much notice the government should be required to provide migrants so they have an opportunity to challenge their deportations.

Republicans’ megabill was blocked by party’s right flank

Five Republicans on the House Budget Committee voted today to block their own party’s major domestic policy bill. Most of the holdouts were conservative hard-liners who insisted on deeper budget cuts in the legislation, which was designed to enact President Trump’s policy agenda.