{"id":29354,"date":"2025-05-10T05:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T09:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=29354"},"modified":"2025-05-10T05:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T09:54:10","slug":"trump-administration-considers-suspending-habeas-corpus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/05\/10\/trump-administration-considers-suspending-habeas-corpus\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration considers suspending habeas corpus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Donald Trump’s administration is “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus – the right of a person to challenge their detention in court – one of the US president’s top aides has said.<\/b><\/p>\n

Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, told reporters on Friday that the US Constitution allowed for the legal liberty to be suspended in times of “rebellion or invasion”.<\/p>\n

His comments come as judges have sought to challenge some recent detentions made by the Trump administration in an effort to combat illegal immigration, as well as remove dissenting foreign students.<\/p>\n

“A lot of it depends on whether the courts do the right thing or not,” Miller said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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There are several pending civil cases against the Trump administration’s deportation of undocumented migrants based on habeaus corpus.<\/p>\n

Most recently, a federal judge\u00a0ordered the release of a Turkish university student<\/a>\u00a0who had been detained for six weeks after writing an article that was critical of Israel.<\/p>\n

Last week, another judge ordered\u00a0a Columbia University student detained over his advocacy for Palestinians<\/a>\u00a0be released after a petition on habeas corpus grounds.<\/p>\n

However, other judges have\u00a0sided with the Trump administration<\/a>\u00a0in such disputes.<\/p>\n

Miller described habeas corpus as a “privilege”, and said Congress had already passed a law stripping judicial courts of jurisdiction over immigration cases.<\/p>\n

Legal experts have questioned the veracity of his interpretation of US law.<\/p>\n

One of Trump’s key campaign pledges was to deport millions of immigrants from the US, and his administration has pursued different means of expediting deportations since returning to the White House.<\/p>\n

In March, a federal judge’s order prevented the Trump administration from invoking a centuries-old wartime law\u00a0to justify deporting more than 200 Venezuelans, despite the flights going ahead.<\/a><\/p>\n

But deportations have lagged behind detentions – while one person has been deported erroneously.<\/p>\n

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