What do Lincoln, Bush, and Trump have in common? They’ve all tested the limits of habeas corpus—your constitutional right not to be detained without charge or trial. It’s one of the oldest protections in our democracy, meant to stop governments from locking people up without cause.
Lincoln suspended it during the Civil War. Bush tried to deny it after 9/11. And now, in Trump’s 2025 administration, his Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller is publicly calling for habeas corpus to be suspended for migrants—citing an “invasion.”
In this video, I break down what habeas corpus actually is, the landmark court cases that have defended it, and why this fight is more urgent than ever.
Here’s the deal: once the government can disappear people without due process—it rarely stops there.
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