Habeas corpus, excuse me, that's, that's incorrect,” Hassan declared as Noem added, “President Lincoln used it.” The post DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Confidently Bombs Question About Habeas Corpus in Shocking Hearing Exchange first appeared on Mediaite.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem raised eyebrows Tuesday by bungling the definition of habeas corpus, a core tenet of due process in US law, during a Senate hearing. The botch came during an exchange with Sen.