Stephen Miller: Mean Old Courts Might Force Them To Suspend Habeas

Evil Zombie King Stephen Miller affirmed yesterday that the Trump administration is “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus — the constitutional right to challenge in court the legality of a person’s detention by the government — for migrants. Even though it has the same legal basis on which they just lost the case about the Alien Enemies Act. Via CNBC:

Miller’s comment came in response to a White House reporter who asked about President Donald Trump entertaining the idea of suspending the writ to deal with the problem of illegal immigration into the United States.

Asked when that might happen, Miller responded: “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 time of invasion.”

“So, I would say that’s an option we’re actively looking at,” he said.

A number of pending civil cases challenging the Trump administration’s deportation of undocumented immigrants in the United States are based on habeas claims.

The Trump administration has chafed at orders by judges blocking efforts to summarily deport immigrants, including alleged gang members, without court proceedings.

Well, now! First of all, the Zombie King is not a lawyer. Not even close, but even he knows what bullshit this is. It's a political intimidation tactic that will, of course, lose in court.

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