Habeas Corpus is Latin for "you shall have the body" and is used to bring a prisoner or other detainee before a court to determine if their imprisonment or detention is legal. The right is enshrined in Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution, which outlines the powers of Congress, not the president.

Ronny Chieng had an "expert" response to the Homeland Security secretary after she fumbled these "basics of American law."

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

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem mangled a response to a question about habeas corpus at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, referring to the constitutional right of due process as a "right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country.