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Law’s Jonathan Adler condemns suggestion to suspend habeas corpus without Congress

Trump admin’s threat to suspend core U.S. legal right sparks outcry and alarm
NBC NewsJonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, condemned Trump adviser Stephen Miller’s suggestion to suspend habeas corpus without Congress, calling it unconstitutional and authoritarian. He stressed that only Congress can suspend the right, which safeguards against unlawful detention and curbs executive overreach.