Suspend habeas corpus?
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White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said Friday that the Trump administration is "actively looking at" suspending habeas corpus, the right of a person to challenge their detention in court.
If carried out by President Donald Trump, the suspension of habeas corpus would be a dramatic escalation of his administration's immigration policy by significantly curtailing a right enshrined in the Constitution.
"First, you know, President Trump has talked about potentially suspending habeas corpus to take care of the illegal immigration problem. When could we see that happen in the future?" a reporter asked Miller as he spoke outside the White House.
"The Constitution is clear, and that, of course, is the supreme law of the land, that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in time of invasion," Miller answered.
"So, it's an option we're actively looking at," he continued.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wh-trump-suspending-habeas-corpus/story?id=121653587
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I can't see the supremes going along with this. Habeas Corpus is one of those rights, so fundamental, that it appears in the text of the Constitution, not as one of the 10 "Bill of Rights" Amendments. It has been upheld even in wartime (1944) when a Japanese citizen sued for Habeas Corpus after having been relocated to an internment camp.
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