As my co-blogger Ilya Somin notes below, White House aide Stephen Miller commented today that the Trump Administration is "actively looking at" whether it would be possible to suspend the writ of ...
Two Latin words – 'habeas corpus' – protect any person, whether citizen or not, from being illegally confined. deepblue4you, iStock / Getty Images Plus In some parts of the world, a person may be ...
Question: Can a U.S. President suspend the "writ of habeas corpus"? Answer: The writ of habeas corpus is a safeguard against unlawful detention. It requires the government to justify, under the law, ...
If invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies Act and claiming that illegal immigration amounts to an invasion of the United States were not enough, the White House has now floated the idea of suspending the ...
Former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Toobin weighed in on the White House considering suspending habeas corpus, or the right to challenge the legality of detention, amid President Trump’s crackdown on ...
The writ of habeas corpus, a right deeply rooted in English common law and recognized by the U.S. Constitution, allows people nabbed by the government to challenge their detention in court. That ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller says President Donald Trump‘s administration is looking for ways to expand its legal power to deport migrants who are in the United ...
President Donald Trump's administration's suggestion of suspending habeas corpus rights has been criticized by legal experts, with a Boston professor telling Newsweek that classifying the immigration ...
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said the administration is considering "suspending habeas corpus," QUESTION: President Trump has talked about suspending habeas corpus to take care of ...
Testifying before a U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was asked what the writ of habeas corpus is. Her response was that “habeas corpus is a constitutional ...
Senators grilled Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem Tuesday on her understanding of habeas corpus, and her answers prompted criticism that she was not fully acquainted with a right outlined in ...
Senators grilled Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem Tuesday on her understanding of habeas corpus, and her answers prompted criticism that she was not fully acquainted with a right outlined in ...