U.S. Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem speaks throughout a listening to with the Senate Committee on Homeland Safety and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill on Might 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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U.S. Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem speaks throughout a listening to with the Senate Committee on Homeland Safety and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill on Might 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Secretary of Homeland Safety Kristi Noem acquired a pop quiz at a senate listening to this week. The query got here from Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan, of New Hampshire.
Hassan requested Noem to to clarify habeas corpus.
For the report, habeas corpus is the authorized precept, enshrined within the Structure, that protects folks from unlawful detention.
The rationale that this little bit of Latin is underneath dialogue – is as a result of the Trump administration says it is contemplating suspending habeas corpus.
This core constitutional safety has been an impediment to the President’s mass deportation plan.
Habeas corpus is a precept that is tons of of years older than America itself.
What wouldn’t it imply if the President suspended it? And will he, underneath the Structure?
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