Walter Olson (@walterolson): "Only Congress, not the President acting unilaterally, has constitutional authority to suspend the writ of habeas corpus. Says who? Well, for one, so says then-Prof. Amy Coney Barrett, writing in the Cornell Law Review in 2014. [Jonathan Adler] https://reason.com/volokh/2025/05/1…"

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May 14, 2025

Only Congress, not the President acting unilaterally, has constitutional authority to suspend the writ of habeas corpus. Says who? Well, for one, so says then-Prof. Amy Coney Barrett, writing in the Cornell Law Review in 2014. [Jonathan Adler]

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Amy Coney Barrett’s “Suspension and Delegation” Revisited

Last week, President Trump and Stephen Miller commented that the Administration is “looking” at whether the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus may be

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