During a U.S. Senate hearing, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem showed she has no idea what habeas corpus is. That's embarrassing.

Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, couldn't define habeas corpus when asked to do so at a recent Senate hearing, instead flipping the constitutional provision into a presidential ...

The former governor is overseeing a vast machine dedicated to encroaching on rights that she may not even know Americans have.

That’s incorrect. Habeas corpus. Excuse me. Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires that the government provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people. So, Secretary ...

The first: The clause that allows for its suspension—"the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it" ...

According to Article 1 of the Constitution, which spells out the powers of Congress, habeas corpus can be suspended “when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.” ...

Trump officials know that, in an invasion, the Constitution permits habeas corpus to be suspended to the extent it's needed to secure public safety. The Trump administration is now toying with the ...

When news about Kristi Noem’s congressional testimony flub first broke, I couldn’t remember the literal Latin translation of “habeas corpus.” But I have known what it means since I was a ...

Article I of the Constitution declares that “the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.” ...