butters
High on a Hill
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2009
- Posts
- 85,695
team trump's 'actively examining' suspending the habeas corpus writ of the Constitution—something done 4 times in history and under the auspices of 'an invasion.'
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/othe...p&cvid=0b1c3bdcb43d4cb693607e1fcde47c4a&ei=33
note that wording in bold... privilege as opposed to understood basic right and tenet.“Well, the Constitution is clear, and that, of course, is the supreme law of the land—that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion,” Miller, the architect of Trump’s child and family separation policy during his first term, told reporters on Friday.
and this ^^ Shades of pence and a not indirect threat to judges who would rule against trump. Not doing 'the right thing' places those same judges/juries/witnesses in the crosshairs of the rabid. Miller is perfectly well aware of this; he chose his words accordingly.“So I would say that’s an option we’re actively looking at,” Miller declared, before attacking the judicial branch.
“Look, a lot of it depends on whether the courts do the right thing or not.”
Habeas corpus is a cornerstone of Western democracies, with roots tracing back to the Magna Carta of 1215, which first established the principle that no person could be imprisoned arbitrarily by the king.
Miller, who has no law degree and is not an attorney, went on to give reporters his understanding of constitutional law.
Now it seems to me that this is exactly the kind of wording to create greater unity amongst judges rather than divide them. The courts, especially the Supreme Court, will not take kindly to such overt displays of threats to the co-equal legislative third of the gov't.“So,” Miller concluded, “it’s not just the courts aren’t just at war with the executive branch, the courts are at war with these radical judges, with the legislative branch as well, too,” he opined.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/othe...p&cvid=0b1c3bdcb43d4cb693607e1fcde47c4a&ei=33