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Tim Miller joins Symone Sanders-Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez on MSNBC’s The Weeknight to discuss the Trump administration’s alarming threats to suspend habeas corpus, the disturbing surge in ICE detentions without due process, and how Trump’s immigration policies are eroding constitutional protections.
Donald Trump’s administration is “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus – the right of a person to challenge their detention in court – one of the US president’s top aides has said.
Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, told reporters on Friday that the US Constitution allowed for the legal liberty to be suspended in times of “rebellion or invasion”.
His comments come as judges have sought to challenge some recent detentions made by the Trump administration in an effort to combat illegal immigration, as well as remove dissenting foreign students.
“A lot of it depends on whether the courts do the right thing or not,” Miller said.
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CNN reported, citing unnamed sources, that Trump was personally involved in the discussions around suspending habeas corpus.
Trump himself has not mentioned the suspension of habeas corpus, but has said he would take steps to combat injunctions against his actions on deportation.
“There are ways to mitigate it and there’s some very strong ways,” he said in April.
“There’s one way that’s been used by three very highly respected presidents, but we hope we don’t have to go that route.”
Habeas corpus – which literally means “you should have the body” – allows for a person to be brought before a judge so the legality of their detention can be decided by a judge.
The legal right has been suspended four times in US history: during the American Civil War under Abraham Lincoln, in Hawaii following the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour, in the Philippines during US ownership in 1905, and while combat the activities of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan group in the 19th Century.
It is unclear if Trump will attempt to suspend habeaus corpus without the approval of Congress.
Habeas corpus has been suspended in the United States during several significant events:
during the Civil War-
during Reconstruction in South Carolina-
in the Philippines during a 1905 insurrection-
in Hawaii after the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941-
Note that W was not allowed to suspend it on 9/11, after we had actually been attacked.
Note that Adolf didn’t request it while his MAGAt militia was storming the Capitol.
Four times, and four times only. Twice, it was because of violent, white, racist asshats.
How does one not get due process and prove they are here legally and/or are not criminals? Can’t be done. Let’s suspend habeas corpus for only the ghoul who calls himself Stephen Miller. Prove you are who you are without it.
If Habeas Corpus is suspended, how will they know whether or not you are a migrant?
GOP aims at contempt of court in House reconciliation text
The measure, Section 70303, is the final paragraph of 116 pages of text the committee approved last week as part of the process detailed in the fiscal 2025 budget resolution.
The language would prohibit courts from using federal funds to enforce a contempt citation for failing to comply with court orders if plaintiffs don’t offer money for bond pursuant to the rules of civil procedure — something experts said does not happen in most cases challenging U.S. government policies.
At the markup of the text last Wednesday, Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, top Democrat on the committee, said the proposal “seeks to strip the courts of their power to hold an administration in contempt when the president violates explicit judicial court orders.”
Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., said the provision could only be meant to shield the Trump administration from adverse consequences in the judiciary.
“That’s an option we’re actively looking at,” he said, adding, “A lot of it depends on whether the courts do the right thing or not.”
The first half is two psychoanalysts yakking, but the second half (starting at 59 minutes in) is an interview with a very impressive Congresswoman from Chester County Pennsylvania, Chrissy Houlihan.
Tim Miller joins Symone Sanders-Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez on MSNBC’s The Weeknight to discuss the Trump administration’s alarming threats to suspend habeas corpus, the disturbing surge in ICE detentions without due process, and how Trump’s immigration policies are eroding constitutional protections.
craig, here’s one more from across the pond
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qgz18glljo
Trump administration considers suspending habeas corpus
Habeas corpus has been suspended in the United States during several significant events:
during the Civil War-
during Reconstruction in South Carolina-
in the Philippines during a 1905 insurrection-
in Hawaii after the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941-
Note that W was not allowed to suspend it on 9/11, after we had actually been attacked.
Note that Adolf didn’t request it while his MAGAt militia was storming the Capitol.
Four times, and four times only. Twice, it was because of violent, white, racist asshats.
How does one not get due process and prove they are here legally and/or are not criminals? Can’t be done. Let’s suspend habeas corpus for only the ghoul who calls himself Stephen Miller. Prove you are who you are without it.
If Habeas Corpus is suspended, how will they know whether or not you are a migrant?
here’s how it should start…
https://rollcall.com/2025/05/05/gop-aims-at-contempt-of-court-in-house-reconciliation-text/
GOP aims at contempt of court in House reconciliation text
The measure, Section 70303, is the final paragraph of 116 pages of text the committee approved last week as part of the process detailed in the fiscal 2025 budget resolution.
The language would prohibit courts from using federal funds to enforce a contempt citation for failing to comply with court orders if plaintiffs don’t offer money for bond pursuant to the rules of civil procedure — something experts said does not happen in most cases challenging U.S. government policies.
At the markup of the text last Wednesday, Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, top Democrat on the committee, said the proposal “seeks to strip the courts of their power to hold an administration in contempt when the president violates explicit judicial court orders.”
Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., said the provision could only be meant to shield the Trump administration from adverse consequences in the judiciary.
I’m sticking to Ice Cream Bread..
Pity their children.
today’s meme…
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shrinking-trump/id1745797271?i=1000706997005
The first half is two psychoanalysts yakking, but the second half (starting at 59 minutes in) is an interview with a very impressive Congresswoman from Chester County Pennsylvania, Chrissy Houlihan.
I’m always interested in shrinking Trump.