White House’s Stephen Miller: ‘We are actively looking at’ suspending habeas corpus

The fuck you are.

It’s not up to you, asshole.

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

As part of the same comments, Miller went on to say that the White House’s actions will be guided by whether federal courts “do the right thing or not.”

In other words, if Miller and his colleagues are satisfied that judges are ruling in ways that satisfy the White House, then everything will be fine. If judges fail to make Team Trump happy, then Miller and his cohorts are “actively looking at” alternative ideas, such as suspending the writ of habeas corpus.

The basic idea behind habeas corpus is that people who are taken into custody by the government have a legal right to challenge their detention. To suspend habeas — something that happened during the U.S. Civil War, for example — is to allow the government to lock people up without charges and without the ability to contest incarceration.

Steve Vladeck, a Georgetown University law professor, similarly explained that the Constitution’s Suspension Clause “doesn’t allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session; applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and even then applies only ‘when the public safety may require it.’ (It doesn’t.)”

This is precisely why it was relevant throughout the 2024 campaign that Donald Trump and his allies would reference the word “invasion” as part of their anti-immigration pitch.

Time will tell whether the president is seriously prepared to pursue such an extreme approach, but that this conversation is even underway is a startling reminder of just how far the United States has gone down a radical path.

Summer is coming, I'm waiting for numerous lightning strikes to do their thing. These people like golf courses.

Miller needs to be sent to that El Salvador prison.

Fascism

And this is not even the lead story anywhere. Something something conclave blah blah blah.

Even if one things we allowed too many people in, you can't call that an invasion when it's something we've been doing for decades. Not a chance the Supreme Court will agree that this issue counts as an invasion.

Michael Steele has ripped him up one side and tore him down the other tonight on 'The Weeknight'. They're giving this and the Mayor of Newark the top story (not the new Pope, thank God).

If we still had institutions, he would have somewhere to go.

Its bullshit-A diversion from Newark because trump and friends realize they fucked up arresting mayor.

Everytime I see a photo of Stephen Miller, he looks more and more like a vampire.

I guess rather than sucking your blood, Miller is sucking our rights away.

Even MAGAts hate Stephen Miller

Miller’s own hair hates him

Dmitri Weissmann's cousin Andrew said it's dangerous to put this out there but it's *not* going to happen.

I don’t know her.

[quote]The basic idea behind habeas corpus is that people who are taken into custody by the government have a legal right to challenge their detention.

They’ve already been doing this and they’re ignoring the courts. “Suspending habeas” would be, what, just putting it in writing?

He wants a judge to put it writing, it seems.

That little Jewazi needs to go away stat.

If/when they do this, we are ALL in trouble.

Imagine them being able to arrest you for any bogus reason, throwing you in prison, and not giving you any reason for it.

And not being able to challenge it.

Once that happens, we are officially living in a fascist country.

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R20. It's happening

The thing is, the worst of the Trump admin is taking advantage of his mental incapacity and running amock.

Are there any sane Republucan politicians left?

Can anyone name any possibilities who could conceivably say, "enough is enough?"

Could we list them? Communicate with them?

Not to ignore Democratic politicians, their opposition should be a given, but is taking their opposion for granted unsafe?

Miller sort of looks like Gollum wearing a suit.

He's so hideous. He spawned with another psycho so his kids will probably take care of this on 3 years when they try to take their ipods away

Interesting to see how Congress handles this next week? It's like they're daring inpeachment.

He would have to get caught with a meth lab and a dead hooker in the Lincoln bedroom first. There is no impeachment.

I’m must be missing something. The US has impeached presidents in recent decades and it did not change anything .How could impeachment stop Donald Piece of Shit Trump?

I can’t look at that evil face of Stephen Miller for long.

Just looked up his age; what a haggard, rough-looking 39. I thought he was in his 50s.

Vile on every level.

They always trot out “Lincoln did it too”

Lincoln was wrong

Oh, is this the part when we’re supposed to take to the streets with signs and megaphones??

Tell this leech to slither back to the Peter, Paul & Mary tribute acts touring circuit.

The sort of guy who doesn’t drink coffee.

I agree with R1 and R2.

Who does this rancid piece of dog shit think he is?

He's a fucking nobody.

I can't wait until Trump turns on him.

I sincerely hope the next administration castrates him and punch fucks him and rips out his colon on live television.

R36 That’s charitable.