Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced a difficult week, highlighted by her incorrect definition of habeas corpus during a Senate hearing on Tuesday, May 20th, where she was corrected by Senator Maggie Hassan.

Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem was instantly fact-checked and then widely criticized for misstating the definition of the foundational constitutional right to habeas corpus, but a "Morning Joe" panelist isn't buying that she actually misunderstood the concept.

Her testimony seemed to contradict a DHS spokesperson's comments that the proposal was "in the very beginning stages" of the department's vetting process.

Kristi Noem stuns committee with botched definition of fundamental right the White House is threatening to suspend - Habeas corpus allows people to challenge unlawful detention – something the Homelan