The American Secretary for Homeland Security Kristi Noem is expressed during an audience with the Senate Committee for Internal Security and Government Affairs in Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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The American Secretary for Homeland Security Kristi Noem is expressed during an audience with the Senate Committee for Internal Security and Government Affairs in Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Internal security secretary Kristi Noem obtained a pop quiz during a Senate audience this week. The question came from the Democratic senator Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire.
Hassan asked Noem to explain the Habeas Corpus.
For the record, Habeas Corpus is the legal principle, consecrated in the Constitution, which protects people from illegal detention.
The reason why this little Latin is under discussion – is that the Trump administration says that it plans to suspend the Habeas Corpus.
This main constitutional protection was an obstacle to the president’s mass expulsion plan.
Habeas Corpus is a principle that has hundreds of years more than America itself.
What would that mean if the president suspended him? And could he, under the constitution?
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This episode was produced by Connor Donevan. He was published by Courney Dorning. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.
