Federal habeas corpus is a procedure under which a federal court may review the legality of an individual's incarceration,” per Congress. “It is most often the stage of the

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 step of suspending the procedure.

"Reinterpreting the Constitution on a whim in an effort to grant authoritarian powers is unpatriotic and un-American."