Habeas corpus

The president wants to ignore the writ of habeas corpus. If you're not exactly sure what that means, it's Latin and it translates to "to have the body" and loosely means that you are to be physically present, or more precisely to be in court yourself before a judge. 

This is spelled out in the constitution thusly:

• This legal procedure ensures that individuals are not held in custody without due process of law. It requires that a person be brought before a court to determine the legality of their detention.

  
  

  
  

And then this fun exchange happened in a senate hearing, with the head of DHS - the whackadoodle Kristi Noem being asked about it:

At a Senate hearing, Senator Maggie Hassan, Democrat of New Hampshire, asked Ms. Noem about the issue. "Secretary Noem," she asked, "what is habeas corpus?"

"Well," Ms. Noem said, "habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country and suspend their right to—"

"No," Ms. Hassan interjected. "Let me stop you, ma'am. Excuse me, that's incorrect."