Habeas corpus is a petition to have a judge review the legality of the prisoner's imprisonment. Originally part of the English system of civil liberties developed during the 17th and 18th centuries, ...

Two Latin words – 'habeas corpus' – protect any person, whether citizen or not, from being illegally confined. deepblue4you, iStock / Getty Images Plus In some parts of the world, a person may be ...

Habeas corpus is a legal principle that allows people who believe they are being unlawfully detained or imprisoned to petition for their release in court. Immigrants and rights groups have filed ...

WASHINGTON -- The future of habeas corpus has been pushed into the spotlight as President Donald Trump has been involved in discussions inside his administration over potentially taking the extreme ...

The Trump administration floated an idea in recent weeks: suspending habeas corpus. Why? Because over and over again — including in the American Civil Liberties Union's challenge against President ...

One of the Bush administration's most far-reaching assertions of government power was revealed quietly last week when Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified that habeas corpus -- the right to go ...

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said the administration is considering "suspending habeas corpus," QUESTION: President Trump has talked about suspending habeas corpus to take care of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrea Seielstad, University of Dayton (THE CONVERSATION) In some parts of the world, ...