Eleven days later, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem declared at a congressional hearing that habeas corpus “is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people ...

Eleven days later, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem declared at a congressional hearing that habeas corpus “is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from ...

Noem is now the director of Homeland Security. During a recent Senate hearing, she did not know the meaning of "habeas corpus," claiming that the term refers to the president’s authority to deport ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- During Tuesday’s Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem showed she was clueless when it came on how to correctly define habeas corpus.

Noem rephrased her response, saying "I support habeas corpus." However, she further stated that the US president has the right to decide whether it should be suspended.

NOEM: Well, habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country and suspend their right to … HASSAN: No. Let me stop you, ma'am.

John Blume, a professor at Cornell Law School, said Noem’s response to Hassan was either evidence that she “fundamentally misunderstands habeas corpus” or “was giving an answer she knew ...