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chairman donald trump He looked confused when asked if he was considering suspending habeas corpus – a Constitutional rights that allow people to challenge unlawful detention – Responding, “Suspending whom?”
The 79-year-old President was answering questions from conservative influential people in the State Dining Room white House On Wednesday as part of the so-called “round table”Antifa When he was asked how he planned to deal with terror anti fascist Agitation.
Antifa, short for anti-fascism, is a term used to describe left-wing activists who have been villainized by the Trump administration. On Wednesday, the president said he was designating Antifa as a major “domestic terrorist” organization for opposing his Immigration and Customs Enforcement policies.
During the roundtable meeting, Trump was asked: “Have you thought about suspending habeas corpus to not only deal with these insurgents across the country, but also to rapidly deport illegal aliens?”
“Suspending whom?” Trump responded, either mishearing the question or thinking that habeas corpus was a person.
“Habeas Corpus,” man repeats, causing Trump to defer to Homeland Security Secretary christy callsWho was sitting with him during the panel.
“I don’t know. I’d leave it up to Christie,” he said, and asked Noem, “What do you think?”
Noem awkwardly responded, “No, sir. I have not been part of any discussion on this.”
Trump immediately moved on to the next question. White House did not return immediately The Independent’s Request for comment on the incident.
Habeas Corpus is a Latin word meaning “you have the body.” has the right of habeas corpus is directly stated in Article I of the US ConstitutionAllowing people detained by the government to challenge captivity By filing a petition in the court having jurisdiction.
Habeas corpus is awarded to everyone in the US, including immigrants. However, it may be suspended “in cases of rebellion or invasion” if public safety requires it.
While Trump stumbled on the question, Maybe Noem Isn’t the Best Person to Ask About fundamental rights. In May, as White House threatens to suspend habeas corpusNoem stunned members of the Senate hearing when she got its definition completely wrong.
When asked by Senator Maggie Hassan to define it, Noem claimed that it is “a constitutional right that the president should be able to remove people from this country.”
“This is wrong,” Hassan, a New Hampshire Democrat, interrupted Noem.
As Trump’s latest gaffe went viral online, California Governor Gavin Newsom took another opportunity to take a dig at him and simply wrote, “Comfortable” along with the clip.
Other social media critics jokingly suggested that Trump thought he was suspending an individual, rather than exercising a constitutional right to protect people from unlawful detention.
Conservative lawyer George Conway wrote, “The President non compos mentis has no idea what a writ of habeas corpus is.” On X.
Another social media user joked, “Habeas corpus, I hear he’s doing great. Very strong, very powerful.”
During Wednesday’s roundtable, Trump said he was going to declare Antifa a foreign terrorist organization. He declared it a domestic terrorist group last month. Antifa is not a single organization, but rather a loosely affiliated, leftist movement with no central hierarchy, organization, or clear membership structure.
Its followers have used a variety of protest tactics, including violence, as part of their activism, and Antifa-style protesters have a presence on the West Coast in cities such as Portland and Seattle.
Trump’s former FBI director, Christopher Wray, told In 2020, Congress said that Antifa is “not a group or organization”, but a “movement or an ideology”.
anti defamation league Antifa has been described as “a decentralized, leaderless movement composed of a loose collection of groups, networks, and individuals.”
Nevertheless, Attorney General Pam Bondi supported Trump’s attacks on the movement.
“Fighting crime is more than just getting bad guys off the streets,” Bondy said. “It’s tearing the organization apart brick by brick, just like we did with the cartels. We’re going to take the same approach President Trump did with Antifa, destroying the entire organization from top to bottom. We’re going to take them apart.”
It was not immediately clear what changes might occur under the new designation. As of 2023, the US government does not provide “precise, comprehensive, and public clarification” about groups it may consider domestic terrorist organizations, partly due to freedom of speech concerns. Congressional Research Service Report,
Trump first said he was going to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization in 2020 during protests against the killing of George Floyd during his first term as president.