Sen. John Barrasso dodges when asked whether he would support suspending habeas corpus

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Source: NBC News

May 11, 2025, 10:38 AM EDT / Updated May 11, 2025, 11:53 AM EDT


Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., dodged multiple questions on Sunday about whether he would support suspending habeas corpus for undocumented immigrants in the country, ultimately saying he did not think the issue would come before Congress. His comments during an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” came after top White House adviser Stephen Miller told reporters on Friday that the administration was examining ways to end the due process protection for undocumented immigrants.

The writ of habeas corpus allows people to legally challenge their detentions. The Constitution allows the privilege to be suspended “in cases of rebellion or invasion” when “the public safety may require it.” “The president has said he will follow the law,” Barrasso told moderator Kristen Welker when asked whether he would vote to suspend habeas corpus if the issue is brought before Congress.

“The president says if he disagrees with the law, that he will appeal those things,” Barrasso continued. “The president was elected and he won everyone in the battleground states on promising to secure the border and bring safety back to our communities.” Asked again whether he would vote to suspend habeas corpus, Barrasso repeated that Trump “said he is going to follow the law.” When asked a third time for a yes-or-no answer, Barrasso said, “I don’t believe this is going to come to Congress.”

Miller told reporters Friday that the administration was “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus, noting the Constitution says that the privilege can be suspended during an invasion.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/john-barrasso-dodges-asked-support-suspending-habeas-corpus-rcna206096

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1. When asked a third time for a yes-or-no answer, Barrasso said, "I don't believe this is going to come to Congress."

Of course it won't come to Congress. It will be fait accompli - an irreversible action by the executive. No congress needed anymore. No courts needed anymore.

I wouldn't buy a used country from these hucksters.

[AZLD4Candidate]

4. Hail Caesar. We in the Senate are just there for tradition sake.

[republianmushroom]

2. The law and order party, great at dodging questions.

[BurnDoubt]

3. Our country is arguably under attack from inside.

Arrest Pee Wee and to hell with his right to Habeas Corpus. Fascists are ripping our country apart, and he's one of the ringleaders. Armed and belligerent gangs are "standing back and standing by", waiting for the coded signal to unleash their "storm". J6 was the "trailer" for the promised action. All those gangs were represented among those arrested and, astonishingly, pardoned for staging an insurrection in the Peoples' House. Are there any genuine "Patriots" in the Republican Party, or are they all paralyzed by threats of violence against them and their families? This used to be a crime, but since the perpetrators are white and MAGA they are never apprehended because they get a "family discount" from their pals in Law Enforcement. 47 wasn't elected because the American People wanted to see cruelty on their TVs. 47 was elected because Edolph bought the election for him, for a valuable consideration. Stalin once said; "... what matters is who counts the votes.". I will always believe the Election was rigged because I can't believe Americans are that awful. We are better than this. We are better than this. We are better than this.

[Kid Berwyn]

5. No argument about it -- the nation is under attack from within.

The pee-residency of Donald J Trump represents the most successful war strategy against the United States of all time. And thanks to Just-us John Roberts ignoring the very words of the Constitution of the United States of America to redefine the meaning of “Insurrection,” an active Russian agent has been allowed to return to the Oval Office to again "serve" as the pee-resident.



Normally, I'd say: "Think about that!" But, destroying truth is what tyrants do. It's why they hate a free press.

It's why trumpf is doing all he can to sue anyone who ever wrote anything bad about him. Now he has the DoJ doing his dirty work and handing the legal bill to the U.S. taxpayer.

The photo of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and dip above was taken by TASS, the official Russian news agency. The US media were not informed about the 2017 visit. We learned about it because the Unstable Moron himself spread the pic proudly on social media.

How many people do you know who’ve seen that picture or the one below, taken on an earlier date in the Oval Office? Again, very few.



“I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job," Trump said, according to The Times. "I faced great pressure because of Russia. That's taken off.”

"I'm not under investigation," he added.

Sources:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/10/527755991/trump-meets-with-russias-lavrov-at-the-white-house-today

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-nut-job-james-comey-russia-2017-5

And this is the man leading the "restructuring of American government" today winking at Putin at a diplomatic affair during his first madministration.



No wonder Putin, the Kremlin and the GRU and whatever the KGB is called these days call him "America's Gorbachev." Gorby sped up the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Now Putin returns the favor through Trump and his destruction of America's economy, hailed just before the 2024 election by The Economist as "The Envy of the World."

PS: Great post, yours, BurnDoubt! Every word.

[BurnDoubt]

6. I'm convinced the secret meeting with Putin set the tone for...

The war with Ukraine. 45 learned about the Kompromat arrayed against him and was given instructions about how to proceed. I don't remember hearing about him having a longer meeting with anyone else. Lacking real evidence, we have only the results of his attitudes and actions to go on. And they seem to speak loudly that we were betrayed.