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Habeas corpus: A thousand-year-old legal principle for defending rights that’s getting a workout under the Trump administration

By Andrea Seielstad, Professor of Law, University of Dayton

Habeas corpus – a Latin phrase meaning ‘you shall have the body’ – protects any person, whether citizen or not, from being illegally confined. It’s a crucial element of US law.

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