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Related: About this forum"Trump (1) reveals he doesn't know what habeas corpus is and (2) punts to Noem."
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Eric Columbus
@ericcolumbus.bsky.social
Trump (1) reveals he doesn't know what habeas corpus is and (2) punts to Noem, who famously revealed her own ignorance at a Senate hearing when she defined habeas corpus as "a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country."
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/20/nx-s1-5405144/habeas-corpus-noem-dhs-senate
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
· 13h
Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?
TRUMP: Suspending who?
Q: Habeas corpus
TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.
October 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
@ericcolumbus.bsky.social
Trump (1) reveals he doesn't know what habeas corpus is and (2) punts to Noem, who famously revealed her own ignorance at a Senate hearing when she defined habeas corpus as "a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country."
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/20/nx-s1-5405144/habeas-corpus-noem-dhs-senate
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
· 13h
Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?
TRUMP: Suspending who?
Q: Habeas corpus
TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.
October 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Trump (1) reveals he doesn't know what habeas corpus is and (2) punts to Noem, who famously revealed her own ignorance at a Senate hearing when she defined habeas corpus as "a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country."
— Eric Columbus (@ericcolumbus.bsky.social) 2025-10-09T01:02:15.957Z
www.npr.org/2025/05/20/n...
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"Trump (1) reveals he doesn't know what habeas corpus is and (2) punts to Noem." (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
7 hrs ago
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Irish_Dem
(75,902 posts)1. Even worse, he doesn't care what it is.
DeeDeeNY
(3,837 posts)5. Even worse, neither does half the country
underpants
(193,397 posts)2. Kristi doesn't know what it is either
Link to tweet
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Wonder Why
(6,241 posts)3. He thinks it's a South American hot chile pepper.
sop
(16,363 posts)4. "Suspending who?"
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.