A provision of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act requiring federal courts to dismiss certain previously ...

The future of habeas corpus has been pushed into the spotlight as President Donald Trump has been involved in discussions inside his administration over potentially taking the extreme step of ...

Former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Toobin weighed in on the White House considering suspending habeas corpus, or the right to challenge the legality of detention, amid President Trump’s crackdown on ...

Habeas corpus is a legal principle that allows people who believe they are being unlawfully detained or imprisoned to petition for their release in court. Immigrants and rights groups have filed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Noted puppy executioner Kristi Noem, the current head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is a walking, babbling example ...

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem got a pop quiz at a senate hearing this week. The question came from Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan, of New Hampshire. Hassan asked Noem to to explain ...

President Donald Trump's administration's suggestion of suspending habeas corpus rights has been criticized by legal experts, with a Boston professor telling Newsweek that classifying the immigration ...

The secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, got a pop quiz at a Senate hearing this week. The question came from Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire. KRISTI NOEM: Well, habeas ...