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

Habeas corpus, known as the “Great Writ,” is a centuries-old legal instrument. The phrase is Latin for “you have the body.” ...

This right also extends to noncitizens held within the United States, and in the case of those migrants who have been ...

The writ of habeas corpus is a safeguard against unlawful detention. It requires the government to justify, under the law, ...

Where did the principle of habeas corpus come from, and why is the current administration looking to repeal it? Here’s what ...

"I say, hey, on the first, suspend the writ of habeas corpus. Suspend it. Do what Lincoln did. And Lincoln had a harder ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the constitutional provision that allows people to legally challenge their ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spoke after White House aide Stephen Miller floated suspending the writ of habeas ...

The Trump administration has said it's considering suspending habeas corpus. UC Berkeley law professor Amanda Tyler explains the concept, what rights it guarantees and whether a suspension is legal.

Trump wants to give his agents the unchecked ability to round up whoever they want, whenever they want, without charges or ...

Noem did incorrectly say habeas corpus is "a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from ...

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, incorrectly defined habeas corpus. What does habeas corpus do? Has it ever been ...