Kristi Noem incorrectly defines 'habeas corpus'
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Irish Star on MSNKristi Noem labelled 'dangerously dumb' after major blunder at Senate hearingICE Barbie Kristi Noem embarrassed herself in front of the Senate on Tuesday leaving some to insult her by calling her "dangerously dumb" and "clueless".
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Kristi Noem Just Won’t Stop Embarrassing Herself and It Could Cost HerDepartment 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.
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The List on MSNKristi Noem Publicly Humiliates Herself At Senate Hearing & Inspires An Epic Pile-OnDepartment of Homeland Security Kristi Noem proved at a recent Senate hearing that she doesn't understand a common legal term, and social media had a field day.
In reality, habeas corpus is the constitutional right of due process. But, appearing at a hearing on Tuesday, Noem defined it incorrectly as a "right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country.
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.