A lesson on habeas corpus
Because apparently even our secretary of Homeland Security doesn't know what it is
Trump advisor Steven Miller (who is not a lawyer) recently floated the idea of suspending the right to habeas corpus, spawning a debate over whether President Trump has the legal authority to do so. Miller “suggested that the U.S. is facing an ‘invasion’ of migrants.” It is the same supporting argument used regarding Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enem…
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