The homeland security secretary was asked to define habeas corpus. Her outrageously wrong answer was humiliating — but it was also important.

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

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

Understanding what habeas corpus actually means, the extremely limited circumstances when it’s been suspended throughout American history, and the constitutional questions surrounding who has ...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem recently defined habeas corpus before a congressional hearing as “the ...

During a budget hearing at the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, Democratic New Hampshire Senator Margaret Hassan asked Noem what habeas corpus was. "Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that ...

A judge denied the supervised release of an Oklahoma woman who has been incarcerated for nearly 27 years for killing a man ...

“Kristi Noem doesn’t know what habeas corpus is because understanding it doesn’t come with a cute cosplay get-up,” she added. Jon Favreau, former head speechwriter for Barack Obama and co ...

After all, don't Americans share a common understanding of what an invasion ... It is a direct attack on habeas corpus, the words that for 800 years have been the greatest bulwark against tyranny ...

An understanding of how law works is perhaps ... it has the authority and allows for a response. Then there is habeas corpus. That one has been in the spotlight most recently because of Homeland ...

Senators grilled Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem Tuesday on her understanding of habeas corpus, and her answers prompted criticism that she was not fully acquainted with a right ...