Aaron Parnas: BREAKING: Kristi Noem doesn't know what Habeas Corpus is.

[Dennis Donovan]

BREAKING: Kristi Noem doesn’t know what Habeas Corpus is.

This is highly concerning

— Aaron Parnas (@aaronparnas.bsky.social) 2025-05-20T14:26:25.688Z

[Omnipresent]

1. I understand she ate alot of paint chips as a kid.

[Javaman]

27. Still does and it shows LOL nt

[Aristus]

2. A person who kills a dog because she isn't capable of training it properly isn't likely to know much of

anything.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Add this one to the growing evidence that those who are appointed based on loyalty and not

through a DEI system are dumber than rocks.

[underpants]

13. The TV Cabinet I called them. 3rd string JV

but he’s seen them on TV or likes how they look.

Loyalty even fealty rules as you said.

[mwmisses4289]

19. Please stop insulting us Rocks by comparing that...that...woman to us!

[C_U_L8R]

4. She thinks Magna Carta is where Trump goes to golf

What a dumbass.

[hlthe2b]

10. She probably think it is the largest 'Cartier' store...

[William Seger]

22. Or his special golf cart that has to be larger than everyone else's

[Dave Bowman]

5. Not surprised, they all are ignorant incompetent fools.

[riversedge]

6. Noem: "Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country".

We knew a long time ago that Noem has sold her soul to Trump.



BREAKING: Kristi Noem, the head of DHS, has no f-cking clue what habeas corpus means.

We are living in the dumbest of times.

Noem: “Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country”.

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[muriel_volestrangler]

9. "Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain?"

Back in 1959, this was a satire of Twelve Angry Men. Now, it's One Stupid Woman.

[hlthe2b]

11. Senator Hassan should have started with the basic meaning in Latin: Produce the (damned) body!

Obviously that in parentheses is mine.

[Basso8vb]

7. How much do you want to bet she's never done any of her own work?

I highly doubt she even sat for her own bar exam.

[RobinA]

16. Wait!

She went to law school? OMFG!!!!

[leftieNanner]

18. Nope

Not a lawyer.

[leftieNanner]

17. Even better

She barely finished college.

Not a lawyer.

[usonian]

8. Karma's coming for her

[Disaffected]

12. Good grief,

she not only does not know the actual definition but comes up with an absurd definition (which she may have actually believed or, pulled it out of her butt - who knows?).

[Midnight Writer]

14. Sorry. No time for this. Story Of the Day is that Biden didn't recognize George Clooney at an event.

The media has spoken.

[IronLionZion]

15. They should ask if she knows what Kakistocracy means

[Ponietz]

20. Fundamentally it means King Donald John of Runnygreed is subject to the rule of law

Charles the First found out the hard way.

[mac56]

21. Dog gone

[GoodRaisin]

23. This woman has plenty of dumb to go with her puppy murdering,

lying, cheating, stealing, and hurting others. She’s a model Krasnovite.

[Buddyzbuddy]

24. They have to be the dumbest, most corrupt evil pieces of excrement to qualify to serve the Felon.

[moniss]

25. Always remember when seeing her that she is

the person who killed her dog because she didn't want it anymore.

[wcmagumba]

26. She also killed a cute little pet goat for the same reason...nut case killer...(not the goat, but Noem).

The cray cray is strong in this one...(Obi Wan Kenobi)...

[moniss]

31. Like the cops we see in the videos where

it's obvious they have an itch to pull the trigger.

[Jerry2144]

28. Isn't Habeas Corpus just another city in Texas?

Or one of their quickie marts?

[yonder]

32. That would be Habeus Corpus, Kristi. Text us,

and we'll set you straight.

I'll see myself to the door

[Jerry2144]

34. Bravo! Or Brava! As appropriate

Good pun. Thank you

[dlk]

29. She knows

She just doesn’t care and has other plans

[Moostache]

30. I thought lip filler was non-toxic? Guess not... (n/t)

[LetMyPeopleVote]

33. Maddow Blog-Kristi Noem flunks an important test on the basic meaning of habeas corpus

The homeland security secretary was asked to define habeas corpus. Her outrageously wrong answer was humiliating — but it was also important.

It's tempting to laugh at Kristi Noem’s humiliating ignorance about the meaning of habeas corpus, but this isn’t just some embarrassing gaffe.

Given the scope of her powers, her cluelessness matters.

(And in a healthier environment, Noem would be forced to resign in embarrassment right about now.)

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-05-20T16:48:08.242Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/kristi-noem-flunks-important-test-basic-meaning-habeas-corpus-rcna207982

There’s been considerable discussion in recent weeks about basic legal principles such as habeas corpus and the degree to which the Trump administration is hostile toward the bedrock foundations of the American system of government. What’s gone largely overlooked, however, is whether Trump administration officials have a high-school-civics-class-level understanding of what these legal principles are.

Take Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, for example. Axios reported:

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem botched questions about habeas corpus at a Senate hearing Tuesday, falsely asserting the check on the government’s power to detain people actually gives President Trump a “constitutional right” to conduct deportations.

There’s been considerable discussion in recent weeks about basic legal principles such as habeas corpus and the degree to which the Trump administration is hostile toward the bedrock foundations of the American system of government. What’s gone largely overlooked, however, is whether Trump administration officials have a high-school-civics-class-level understanding of what these legal principles are.

Take Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, for example. Axios reported:

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem botched questions about habeas corpus at a Senate hearing Tuesday, falsely asserting the check on the government’s power to detain people actually gives President Trump a “constitutional right” to conduct deportations.
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.....In case this weren’t quite enough, when Democratic Sen. Andy Kim of New Jersey asked the Cabinet secretary which part of the Constitution includes habeas corpus, Noem was again stumped.

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The significance of this goes well beyond marveling at a powerful official’s ignorance. Earlier this month, Stephen Miller, a White House deputy chief of staff, told reporters that White House officials are “actively looking” at possibly suspending the writ of habeas corpus. If this were to happen, the Trump administration would have the power to lock people up without charges, and prisoners would not have the ability to contest their incarceration.

Eleven days after Miller made those comments, the homeland security secretary couldn’t even offer a basic definition of what habeas corpus is — despite the scope of her powers, and despite the fact that this legal principle has existed for the better part of a millennium.

In a healthier political environment, a fiasco such as this one would lead to credible discussion about whether Noem should be forced to resign in embarrassment.

[Xoan]

35. SHE'S AN IDIOT!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

36. There's something oddly creepy about Kristi Noem who didn't get her Bachelors Degree until she was 41 online

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