It is STUNNING how ill-prepared and unqualified most of Trump's Cabinet officials are. Yesterday we saw a doozy!
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi "Where's Cricket?" Noem showed the world that she DOES NOT KNOW what habeas corpus is. She CLEARLY had no clue.
Habeas corpus is the legal principle that the government provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people. The Suspension Clause of the US Constitution (Article 1, Section 9, Clause 2) states, "The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended." The Federal government allows you to petition for habeas corpus, and most states have the right of habeas corpus in their constitutions and/or state laws.
When asked by Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire what habeas corpus means, THIS is the word salad that came out of Kristi's pie hole:
"Habeas Corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country."
NOT EVEN CLOSE! She was immediately stopped by a stunned Hassan, who realized in real time that Noem has no idea what habeas corpus really means. And for the rest of the questioning, Noem never once gave the impression she even knew the basic framework of the principle.
WOW!!!
Then again, it's already come to light today that she is interrogating staff at Homeland Security with FOUR-HOUR lie detector tests to try to determine who is and is not a leaker! Needless to say, this has led to many seasoned employees within the department to leave.
I'd say this is comical, but there is nothing funny about any of this.
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