In response to the question "What is habeas corpus?", the secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security initially responded with "Habeas corpus is a const

In response to the question "What is habeas corpus?", the secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security initially responded with "Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country". I think it is an interesting new phenomenon for a duly appointed head of the agency created in response to 9/11 to produce a description that is more or less the negative space of a correct one.