Rep. Dexter: Threat to Suspend Habeas Corpus
May 16, 2025
May 16, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following floor remarks on May 15, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech):
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Mr. Speaker, I am again coming to the House floor, the people's Chamber, to say: The emergency isn't coming. It is now.
Donald Trump's advisers are threatening to suspend habeas corpus.
Habeas corpus is . . .
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Mr. Speaker, I am again coming to the House floor, the people's Chamber, to say: The emergency isn't coming. It is now.
Donald Trump's advisers are threatening to suspend habeas corpus.
Habeas corpus is . . .