Habeas Corpus is Latin for "you shall have the body" and is used to bring a prisoner or other detainee before a court to determine if their imprisonment or detention is legal. The right is enshrined ...

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

Top Trump adviser suggests White House could suspend habeas corpus to deport migrants ... to challenge their detention in court. Experts discuss this and other aspects of the legislation.

Habeas corpus, which is enshrined in the first article of the Constitution, helps ensure that people are not detained without valid legal grounds.

In a development that has alarmed constitutional experts across the political spectrum, Trump administration officials have confirmed they’re “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus ...

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller suggested the Trump administration would suspend habeas corpus (or the right to a court hearing) if it disagrees with how courts are ruling on ...

Stephen Miller says the Trump administration is considering suspending habeas corpus to accelerate deportations ... the Constitution requires. Legal experts largely agree that only Congress ...

But legal experts say the issue is not as cut and dried as Miller suggests, and that a president cannot suspend habeas corpus without authorization from Congress. "Miller also doesn't deign to ...

After a series of high-profile setbacks in federal court, the Trump administration is threatening to escalate its immigration crackdown by unilaterally suspending habeas corpus, a foundational ...

A majority of Americans support the right of habeas corpus, according to a new poll, which comes after a top adviser to ...

President Donald Trump's administration's suggestion of suspending habeas corpus rights has been criticized by legal experts, with a Boston professor telling Newsweek that classifying the ...