The White House Just Casually Floated a Move That Would Be Traitorous to the Very Idea of America

“The Constitution is clear and that, of course, is the supreme law of the land, that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus could be suspended in time of invasion," said Stephen Miller, White House aide, and now a confirmed traitor to the American idea. "So that’s an option we’re actively looking at."

Unless every other elected official in this country stands up against even the consideration of this extremist pipe dream, there is no point of being a citizen of this country any more. It would be as empty a title as that of the sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Despite whatever is rattling around Miller's febrile cabeza, habeas corpus is not a revocable privilege. It is a right guaranteed to everyone incarcerated. In calling it a "privilege" that “could be suspended” to suit the whims of his boss, Miller proves himself to be a traitor not only to the American idea, but also to the freaking Magna Carta (!), the 39th clause of which states, "No free man shall be seized or imprisoned...except by the lawful judgment of his equals and by the law of the land." Miller is proposing to reverse all English-speaking jurisprudence since 1215. I think if you find yourself on the wrong side of human rights from John Lackland, it's time for us to be quite done with you.

In 1789, speaking in Congress as part of his Great Flip Flop on the Bill of Rights, James Madison said, “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, to be informed of the cause and nature of the accusation, to be confronted with his accusers, and the witnesses against him; to have a compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense." Are we supposed to trade in all of that because some evil pissant couldn't get into an Ivy League college? And an immigration policy dispute is not an "invasion," and 600-person street gangs are not an army. I mean, please,

And where is the outrage, especially among those Republicans who have what my mother called "conniption fits" at the drop of a hat every time someone can think up another way their "freedom" has been circumscribed by the imaginary trolls of Da Deep State. On Meet The Press on Sunday, Senator John Barrasso got chased all around Robin Hood's barn by Kristen Welker and all he'd say was that he didn't think this proposal ever would come before Congress. Which did not answer Welker's question, nor did it quell my concerns that the president would simply do this and the Constitution and Congress be damned.

"The president said he is going to follow the law," Barrasso replied. "He was on with you last week. He said he has great respect for the Supreme Court. He said he expects the attorney general to do the right thing. And I expect that the president will."

Senator Barrasso's stateroom on the Good Ship Lollipop is ready.