>Stephen Miller, a top White House adviser, said the administration is looking for ways to expand its legal power to deport migrants who are in the country illegally.
>”The Constitution is clear — and that of course is the supreme law of the land — that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion,” he told reporters. “So it’s an option that we’re actively looking at.”
>Miller added that “a lot of it depends on whether the courts do the right thing or not.”
>Habeas corpus refers to people’s right to challenge their detention in court.
!ping Law
Syards-Forcus on
Jesus christ
saulerknight on
enlightened centrists will still say they aren’t fascist
morotsloda on
Mitch McConnell spent his career appointing federalist society judges and in the end republicans decided that they would rather just bypass the courts entirely. lol
AnalyticOpposum on
That would mean the military could do the funny, right?
fakefakefakef on
If they suspend habeas corpus and use their new powers broadly, that’s pretty much the end of any legally-oriented defense against the Trump administration.
Toeknee99 on
FASCISM IS HERE. RIGHT NOW.
CornstockOfNewJersey on
What.
narrowsparrow92 on
Is “invasion” if we invade or are invaded?
pervy_roomba on
I’m sorry what
Bricklayer2021 on
!PING EXTREMISM
Logan891 on
Well that’s a yikes.
Foucault_Please_No on
This is the kind of moment where I look back on all the comments just after the election about how we are going to win the midterms and 2028 so hard.
Like guys we were calling them a threat to democracy did we mean it or not? Cause they did.
Pretty_Marsh on
At least he acknowledged the power of the courts in the statement. A little surprised he did.
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>Stephen Miller, a top White House adviser, said the administration is looking for ways to expand its legal power to deport migrants who are in the country illegally.
>”The Constitution is clear — and that of course is the supreme law of the land — that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion,” he told reporters. “So it’s an option that we’re actively looking at.”
>Miller added that “a lot of it depends on whether the courts do the right thing or not.”
>Habeas corpus refers to people’s right to challenge their detention in court.
!ping Law
Jesus christ
enlightened centrists will still say they aren’t fascist
Mitch McConnell spent his career appointing federalist society judges and in the end republicans decided that they would rather just bypass the courts entirely. lol
That would mean the military could do the funny, right?
If they suspend habeas corpus and use their new powers broadly, that’s pretty much the end of any legally-oriented defense against the Trump administration.
FASCISM IS HERE. RIGHT NOW.
What.
Is “invasion” if we invade or are invaded?
I’m sorry what
!PING EXTREMISM
Well that’s a yikes.
This is the kind of moment where I look back on all the comments just after the election about how we are going to win the midterms and 2028 so hard.
Like guys we were calling them a threat to democracy did we mean it or not? Cause they did.
At least he acknowledged the power of the courts in the statement. A little surprised he did.
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Invasion is something a foreign power does. Mass migration does not constitute an invasion
!ping LAW&IMMIGRATION