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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.
[…]
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.
I’m always interested in shrinking Trump.
“If Habeas Corpus is suspended, how will they know whether or not you are a migrant”
AHA!
Yep
I don’t think Herr Stephen will get too far with this. People will be up in arms and Dodo will claim he knew nothing about it.
“I know nothink!”
Memory medicine
apropos of nothing
Ah, it’s all the same old happy horse shit……SS, Gestapo, brown shirts, Nazi party, Führer, Goebbels…….same old lame-ass “I’m cool but you gotta go” total Nazi bullshit.
You gotta be able to think some very weird shit to stay afloat in that pool.
You gotta be able to brag about killing a puppy, for instance.
JD Vance has warned foreign football fans attending next year’s World Cup in the United States not to overstay their welcome unless they want to answer to the “ICE Barbie”.
US vice-president Vance made the threat during the first meeting of his country’s 2026 World Cup taskforce…
“Dirtbags like this will continue to be removed from our streets,” Noem said in footage posted to social media of one viral raid in New York City.
Vance said: “Of course everyone is welcome to come and see this wonderful event. We want them to come, we want them to celebrate, we want them to watch the games. But when the time is up, we want them to go home. Otherwise, they will have to talk to Secretary Noem.”
*Gestapo Barbie. He means Gestapo Barbie. JD really rolled out the welcome wagon, didn’t he? Nobody needs to come to the US. Spend your money on matches in Canada and Mexico. FIFA should move US matches to our northern and southern neighbors. Domestic travel? Who will have a pot to p/ss in next year?
Trump Is Already Obsessed With the Midterms
Eighteen months out, the president is already hyper-engaged in the fight to keep the GOP’s majorities in Congress.
Not just Dodo. We’ll be fighting too. This is my maggers district but also some of my dem friends who are already on the front lines.
Hello – my name is Eileen Laubacher, and I am the Democrat and retired U.S. Navy Admiral running against Lauren Boebert here in Colorado.
I was 17-years-old the first time I raised my right hand and took an oath to support & defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
I took those words, and that responsibility, seriously every day for the next 4 decades. When I was an intelligence officer. When I was deployed to Afghanistan. When I became an Admiral. And as a member of the president’s National Security Council.
But in all those years, I have never felt as much of a threat to our democracy as I do right now. I said I would never run for office. But in this moment, I feel an obligation to step up, serve my community, and defend our country once again.
I am running for Congress to defeat Lauren Boebert because when she was sworn into office, Lauren took a similar oath to defend our Constitution – and she has betrayed it almost every single day since then.
The Parrot and the Parakeet.
Trump’s suit against Colorado “sanctuary laws” starts with a lie and only gets worse (Editorial)
The Department of Justice complaint focuses on criminals — but it’s really about mass deportation
The lawsuit from the Department of Justice is not about Tren de Aragua gang members or the terrifying crimes they have committed. The lawsuit is about apprehending parents and grandparents, construction workers and Dreamers, homeowners and renters, students and fruit pickers.
Something very interesting just showed up on YT ads. Pods, the storage container for home and shipping, just put an ad up with a thirty percent discount. My guess is the great sfb attempt to kill the economy is working. Layoffs, firings, shut downs are causing a drop in moving. Or at least moving with household goods.
We refuse to be on the wrong side of history.
This is literally ethnic cleansing.
Sign of robust economy:
Painted work trucks
Sign of failing economy:
Scrawled sign on painted truck: LADDER FOR SALE
I just found out that there was a Roman Emperor named Pupienus and I’m in the fourth grade again.
George Takei calls Stephen Miller PeeWee German.
A different kind of Miller invasion on the way.
Scientists say Denver is like Airbnb for miller moths, so don’t kill our guests. The moths are a critical part of our ecosystem.
An untold number of miller moths, who have been hatching in the Great Plains, will fly into Denver in the days ahead as they flutter their way to the Rocky Mountains.
AOC: If anyone is breaking the law in this situation, it’s not members of Congress — it’s DHS. It’s people like Tom Homan and Secretary Kristi Noem. You lay a finger on Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman or any of the Representatives that were there… we’re going to have a problem.
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.
“If Habeas Corpus is suspended, how will they know whether or not you are a migrant”
AHA!
Yep
I don’t think Herr Stephen will get too far with this. People will be up in arms and Dodo will claim he knew nothing about it.
Memory medicine
apropos of nothing
Ah, it’s all the same old happy horse shit……SS, Gestapo, brown shirts, Nazi party, Führer, Goebbels…….same old lame-ass “I’m cool but you gotta go” total Nazi bullshit.
You gotta be able to think some very weird shit to stay afloat in that pool.
You gotta be able to brag about killing a puppy, for instance.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/05/airport-detentions-travelers-freaked-out/682702/
Airport Detentions Have Travelers ‘Freaked Out’
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/05/07/us-world-cup-2026-jd-vance-foreign-fans/
JD Vance has warned foreign football fans attending next year’s World Cup in the United States not to overstay their welcome unless they want to answer to the “ICE Barbie”.
US vice-president Vance made the threat during the first meeting of his country’s 2026 World Cup taskforce…
“Dirtbags like this will continue to be removed from our streets,” Noem said in footage posted to social media of one viral raid in New York City.
Vance said: “Of course everyone is welcome to come and see this wonderful event. We want them to come, we want them to celebrate, we want them to watch the games. But when the time is up, we want them to go home. Otherwise, they will have to talk to Secretary Noem.”
*Gestapo Barbie. He means Gestapo Barbie. JD really rolled out the welcome wagon, didn’t he? Nobody needs to come to the US. Spend your money on matches in Canada and Mexico. FIFA should move US matches to our northern and southern neighbors. Domestic travel? Who will have a pot to p/ss in next year?
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/05/10/donald-trump-midterms-2026-last-campaign-00339567
Not just Dodo. We’ll be fighting too. This is my maggers district but also some of my dem friends who are already on the front lines.
The Parrot and the Parakeet.
Ha!
First they came for the puppies…..and I didn’t say anything because I only had a little kitty cat……
This is getting too close. We refuse to be on the wrong side of history.
Sovereignty Jockey fined $62,000 for excessively beating the horse.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kentucky-derby-jockey-fined-suspended-sovereignty/?linkId=816441602&fbclid=IwY2xjawKMwpVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHi9RCXhXN507AiuAvGxl-D927eiDM0IgK138cNPWWs3d8wtUClBygNO8KFYZ_aem_FrKjF0w_YbgJV2dqVG9FFw
Something very interesting just showed up on YT ads. Pods, the storage container for home and shipping, just put an ad up with a thirty percent discount. My guess is the great sfb attempt to kill the economy is working. Layoffs, firings, shut downs are causing a drop in moving. Or at least moving with household goods.
This is literally ethnic cleansing.
Sign of robust economy:
Painted work trucks
Sign of failing economy:
Scrawled sign on painted truck: LADDER FOR SALE
I just found out that there was a Roman Emperor named Pupienus and I’m in the fourth grade again.
George Takei calls Stephen Miller PeeWee German.
A different kind of Miller invasion on the way.
https://denverite.com/2025/05/09/denver-miller-moths/
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