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US Government considering suspending habeas corpus

by intunderflow on 5/10/25, 10:55 AM with 31 comments

  • by jqpabc123 on 5/10/25, 12:34 PM

    Full on fascism.
  • by rayiner on 5/10/25, 2:49 PM

    Article I, Section 9 says:

    > The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

    I wonder what we can find in the “emanations from penumbras” of the word “invasion.”

  • by gooseus on 5/10/25, 7:41 PM

    Without habeas corpus, laws aren't worth the paper they're written on.
  • by fakedang on 5/10/25, 12:47 PM

    ICE arrested the Mayor of Newark too. For protesting.
  • by John23832 on 5/10/25, 12:04 PM

    There’s really not much to say other than, they really shouldn’t.
  • by jebarker on 5/10/25, 1:35 PM

    A more accurate title would be "Trump Administration considering suspending habeas corpus". As much as they'd like to be they don't encompass the whole US government and, as the article says, the ability to suspend habeas corpus is something Congress can do, not the president or his aide.
  • by ChrisArchitect on 5/10/25, 5:10 PM

  • by derelicta on 5/10/25, 12:33 PM

    Understandable. The US cannot afford to lose its last colonies in the Middle East and in Asia, thus the need for state terrorism, censorship and indefinite detention of politically-active and class-aware proles.
  • by more_corn on 5/10/25, 3:20 PM

    So it begins