Stephen Miller, deputy White House chief of staff for policy, arrives ahead of the wedding of Dan Scavino, White House deputy chief of staff, and Erin Elmore, the director of Art in Embassies at the U.S. Department of State, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., February 1, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
A constitutional alarm bell is ringing after a federal judge found the Trump administration repeatedly ignoring court orders in immigration detention cases, prompting a top legal expert to warn that a core American right may be under quiet assault. Just Security editor-in-chief Ryan Goodman said a recent ruling by Judge Patrick Schiltz shows how Trump officials are effectively gutting habeas corpus—the right to challenge unlawful detention—by simply refusing to comply with the courts. Goodman called the ruling “mind-blowing,” arguing it exposes a broader strategy tied to Stephen Miller’s long-stated desire to suspend the right altogether, starting with immigrants but potentially expanding to protesters, observers, and political opponents.
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Legal expert warns Trump allies may be quietly dismantling habeas corpus Legal expert warns Trump allies may be quietly dismantling habeas corpus
