Administration officials have suggested suspending a legal principle that protects against unlawful detention, and struggled ...

The right allows people to legally challenge their detentions by the government and is guaranteed in the Constitution.

Habeas Corpus is Latin for "you shall have the body" and is used to bring a prisoner or other detainee before a court to ...

The potential suspension of habeas corpus raises serious constitutional concerns, affecting judicial oversight and individual ...

Habeas corpus allows an individual to challenge their detention in jails or immigration detention centers — and bring their ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday lent some support to calls to suspend habeas corpus as part of the ...

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said Friday that the Trump administration is "actively looking at" ...

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller suggested the Trump administration would suspend habeas corpus (or the right ...

After a series of high-profile setbacks in federal court, the Trump administration is threatening to escalate its immigration crackdown by unilaterally suspending habeas corpus, a foundational right ...

Lee Kovarsky, law professor at the University of Texas and expert on habeas corpus, said it would be a “national historical disaster.” “The executive could just detain you, and there would ...

Legal experts blasted the prospect in no uncertain terms. “Congress has the authority to suspend habeas corpus. Not Stephen ...

Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-New Hampshire) asked Noem to simply define habeas corpus — which allows people to challenge the ...