During a budget hearing at the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, Democratic New Hampshire Senator Margaret Hassan asked Noem what habeas corpus was. "Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that ...

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, incorrectly defined habeas corpus. What does habeas corpus do? Has it ever been ...

"Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country," Noem said.

Kristi Noem doesn’t know what “habeas corpus” means — but she wants President Trump to be able to suspend it. The Homeland Security Department secretary flubbed a simple question about the ...

Trump has mass produced ignorance at the Cabinet level. The Homeland Security secretary doesn’t know about habeas corpus. The Health and Human Services secretary doesn’t know why vaccines are ...

Secretary Kristi Noem of the Department of Homeland Security couldn't define a key constitutional right when asked about it in a Senate hearing. "Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the ...

“What is habeas corpus?” Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire asked Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a committee hearing Tuesday. “Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that ...

Habeas corpus was suspended in two provinces of the Philippines in 1905, when it was a U.S. territory and authorities were ...

Then there’s Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ... a Senate hearing this morning, Noem was asked by Senator Maggie Hassan, “What is habeas corpus?” Noem, whose hearing prep clearly ...

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 ...

Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, couldn't define habeas corpus when asked to do so at a recent Senate hearing, instead flipping the constitutional provision into a presidential ...