Supreme Court Charts a Strange Path on Border Invasion

Supreme Court Charts a Strange Path on Border Invasion

'Immigration is an invasion': Trump theory threatens civil liberties

When top Trump adviser Stephen Miller threatened on May 9 that the administration is “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus in response to an “invasion” from undocumented immigrants, he was operating on a fringe legal theory that a right-wing faction has been working to legitimize for more than a decade. “The Constitution is clear — and that of course is the supreme law of the land — that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus ca…

Inside the far right’s secret battle to make 'invaders' the enemy

When top Trump adviser Stephen Miller threatened on May 9 that the administration is “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus in response to an “invasion” from undocumented immigrants, he was operating on a fringe legal theory that a right-wing faction has been working to legitimize for more than a decade.“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 …

The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy

The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the far right has been building this case for years.