Habeas corpus, which is enshrined in the first article of the Constitution, helps ensure that people are not detained without ...

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.

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

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

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 ...

Though framed as a move against undocumented immigrants, historians and legal experts warn the consequences ... at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus — a constitutional right that allows ...

Steve Vladeck, a national security law expert who teaches at Georgetown University, previously wrote in a blog post that the requirement that suspension of habeas corpus would advance public ...