In a recent Senate hearing, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem made a concerning misstatement regarding the constitutional principle of habeas corpus. When Senator Maggie Hassan inquired about its meaning, Noem responded:
"Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country."
Senator Hassan promptly corrected her, stating, "That's incorrect. Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires that the government provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people. If not for that protection, the government could simply arrest people, including American citizens, and hold them indefinitely for no reason."
Habeus corpus is a fundamental principle in anglo-American jurisprudence that dates back almost 900 years. It's been called "the great writ of liberty", the principle that the state cannot hold people without cause. It is so fundamental that the Framers of the Constitution didn't believe they needed to say that it existed, only to specify the rare circumstances when it could be suspended.
For a public officia, Noem's studied ignorance should be disqualifying.
The puppy shooter is an idiot. Also a dumb puppet.
ReplyDeleteNothing she says is valid and required fact check
and when graded she fails.
Eck!
Kristi Noem = Sara Palin 2.0
ReplyDeleteNew version, same idiocy. Can she see Canada from her house?
Dale
Lincoln suspended to imprison journalists who didn’t give him favorable coverage. Your side humps his leg. Trump should do the same
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should tear your eyes away from Fox News and read a book. Start with a short one: The Constitution of the United States. Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 2 directly address your point. Congress approved of the suspension of the Writ.
DeleteNot to mention that your side was particularly brutal towards dissident reporters, including before the War. There was no freedom of speech in the South for those who opposed slavery.