Habeas Corpus is Latin for "you shall have the body" and is used to bring a prisoner or other detainee before a court to determine if their imprisonment or detention is legal. The right is enshrined in Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution, which outlines the powers of Congress, not the president.

The potential suspension of habeas corpus raises serious constitutional concerns, affecting judicial oversight and individual rights.

A majority of Americans support the right of habeas corpus, according to a new poll, which comes after a top adviser to President Donald Trump said the White House was “looking at” suspending it. Photo from Tingey Injury Law Firm, UnSplash

Steve Vladeck, a national security law expert who teaches at Georgetown University, previously wrote in a blog post that the requirement that suspension of habeas corpus would advance public ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts ... The legal doctrine of “habeas corpus,” a Latin phrase that has its American ...