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'Does Kristi Noem know what habeas corpus is? One thing we know for certain:
She would very much like Americans to believe she does not. On Tuesday, the
head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) used a Senate hearing to
insist the legal term means the opposite of its actual definition. "Habeas
corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove
people from this country and suspend their right to," Noem said through her
unnervingly Botox-inflated lips. She was interrupted by Sen. Maggie Hassan,
D-N.H., who explained to a smug-looking Noem that, no, habeas corpus "requires
that the government provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning
people" and is the reason it's illegal for Donald Trump to round up immigrants
and imprison them in foreign gulags without offering a legal reason why.
In the world of MAGA, stupidity is a badge of honor for both sexes, but the
heads of women need to be thoroughly empty.
Was Noem legitimately confused? Jonathan Chait of the
Atlantic thinks so,
writing that Noem's "ignorance appears to be utterly genuine." After all,
"habeas corpus" is a Latin term used by lawyers but not much by laypeople,
especially those, like Noem, who got a college degree through online courses at
age 40. But I'm not so sure that Noem, who has been neck-deep in this debate
about basic human rights for months, is as dumb as she seemed in that moment.
Those who keep watching will notice that Noem doesn't act embarrassed when
she's corrected, like normal people do when they get something so terribly
wrong. Instead, she insists that "the President of the United States has the
authority under the Constitution to decide if it should be suspended or not."
In this lie, Noem admitted that Trump is trying to
suspend habeas corpus, not
uphold it. It suggests that she knows full well what the actual legal battle is
about.
There was much mockery of Noem for being so dumb in mainstream and left-leaning
media, but notably, neither Noem nor her allies have shown any shame or
defensiveness about her alleged mistake. Whether Noem comes by her confusion
honestly or she was just play-acting, she's there to play the role of the proud
MAGA bimbo, in the grand tradition of figures like Sarah Palin. The MAGA bimbo
isn't just ignorant. She's contemptuous of people who actually know what
they're talking about, especially if those facts-laden human beings are fellow
women.'
Via
RawStory and Joyce Donahue.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
