Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a congressional hearing on Tuesday had a contentious exchange about habeas corpus, the constitutional right that allows people to challenge their ...

Two Latin words – 'habeas corpus' – protect any person, whether citizen or not, from being illegally confined. deepblue4you, iStock / Getty Images Plus In some parts of the world, a person may be ...

Habeas corpus is a legal principle that allows people who believe they are being unlawfully detained or imprisoned to petition for their release in court. Immigrants and rights groups have filed ...

WASHINGTON -- The future of habeas corpus has been pushed into the spotlight as President Donald Trump has been involved in discussions inside his administration over potentially taking the extreme ...

The Trump administration floated an idea in recent weeks: suspending habeas corpus. Why? Because over and over again — including in the American Civil Liberties Union's challenge against President ...

The secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, got a pop quiz at a Senate hearing this week. The question came from Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire. KRISTI NOEM: Well, habeas ...

Former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Toobin weighed in on the White House considering suspending habeas corpus, or the right to challenge the legality of detention, amid President Trump’s crackdown on ...

Habeas Corpus has protected our rights since before America’s founding. Today, the Trump administration has threatened to suspend this right to carry out its unlawful immigration agenda. The Trump ...