[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 82 (Thursday, May 15, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2080]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  SUSPENDING THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

  (Ms. BALINT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BALINT. Mr. Speaker, I was a history teacher, and I know that we 
have to be documenting this moment. When we look back, I don't want 
anyone to say that we didn't know what was happening.
  Trump adviser Stephen Miller and perhaps the most joyless man in 
America recently said that Trump is actively looking at suspending the 
writ of habeas corpus.
  I am sorry. What? What?
  Habeas corpus is the right we all have to challenge in court if we 
are detained and locked up. Without it, it means that any of us can be 
locked up with no cause. It can only be suspended by Congress, by us.
  Americans, please hear me: Who are we? Who are we if we let Trump 
abandon our core principle that no one in this country will be 
imprisoned unlawfully? This is about liberty, and there is nothing more 
important than our liberty.

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