Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to use a controversial 18th century wartime authority to speed deportations, the issue has rocketed back to the justices in a second short-fuse appeal with enormous potential consequences.

The Alien Enemies Act, an 18th century law, gives the president sweeping authority during a time of war to deport people from an enemy nation. It was used to legitimize Japanese internment during World War II. Trump has invoked the law claiming that Venezuelan gangs have invaded the United States.

The New Jersey Attorney General said a constitutional right like birthright citizenship 'cannot be turned on or off at the whims of a single man'