There are a lot of Latin legal terms in the news lately. One that has always been considered essential is habeas corpus. The writ of habeas corpus is a very long-standing human right, recognized since ...

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem got a pop quiz at a senate hearing this week. The question came from Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan, of New Hampshire. Hassan asked Noem to to explain ...

Senior White House adviser Stephen Miller confirmed the Trump administration is “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus — a constitutional right that allows individuals to challenge ...

A writ of habeas corpus actually requires authorities to produce a prisoner and justify that person's continued detainment. In May 2025, as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified before the ...

What is habeas corpus? The Latin term means, literally, “you have the body.” Federal courts use a writ of habeas corpus to bring a prisoner before a neutral judge to determine if imprisonment is legal ...

Homeland Security Director Kristi Noem, under sharp questioning from Democratic senators during a Tuesday hearing, incorrectly described habeas corpus as a presidential authority to deport individuals ...

The Trump administration’s radical reinterpretation of its detention powers under a bedrock federal immigration statute is ...

"Since [Kilmar] Abrego Garcia's return from wrongful detention in El Salvador, he has been redetained, again without lawful ...

A group seeking release of chimpanzees in captivity in New York through habeas corpus petitions has renewed its request to free a chimp held at a farm in Fulton County, near Albany. This time, the ...

Ghislaine Maxwell plans to file a habeas corpus petition seeking release from Texas prison camp and will represent herself in ...

DHS issued a policy blocking migrants from having bond hearings. But immigration attorneys are starting to win cases in which ...