Legal Experts Slam Trump Administration's Habeas Corpus Suggestion

[riversedge]

Source: newsweek




May 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM EDT Khaleda Rahman


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 situation as an invasion as justification was "absurd."

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said on Friday that the White House was exploring ways to expand its legal power to deport undocumented migrants, including suspending habeas corpus, the constitutional right for people to legally challenge their detention by the government.



Why It Matters

Habeas Corpus is Latin for "you shall have the body" and is used to bring a prisoner or other detainee before a court to determine if their imprisonment or detention is legal.

The right is enshrined in Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution, which outlines the powers of Congress, not the president.

The Constitution's Suspension Clause, the second clause of Article I, Section 9, states that habeas corpus "shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it."

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This horrible issue is no longer a suggestion as the article talks about it--because IMHO anything Stephen Miller puts his hands on, Trump will give to him.

Link to tweet

Stephen Miller talks to reporters
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller talks to reporters outside of the White House West Wing on May 9, 2025, in Washington D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

[MLWR]

1. The mere thought of this is an absolute travesty for any administration.

[riversedge]

3. and lots of Trumps travesties have transformed into horrible actions and it seems we can

do little to stop them. but, yes the courts are trying--

[erronis]

2. Trump's response to what he thinks about this? "I know nothing about nothing."

[Jacson6]

4. Sorry dude.

The last president didn't declare an illegal invasion of the USA by a foreign country's army. Trump can not claim there was an illegal invasion of America. During Lincoln's presidency he tried to suspend HB, but SCOTUS shot it down then and it will do so again.

[Bayard]

5. How about instead of verbally slamming trump,

A brave judge slams him in the slammer. US Marshalls v Secret Service.

Does the immunity ruling from the Supremes absolve him from only past crimes, or current ones?

[NH Ethylene]

6. Anything he does during his presidency is A-OK.

Which is why he is openly breaking laws and flaunting the courts.

[Bayard]

7. He can indeed murder someone on 5th Ave.