'Isn't a lawyer': Ex-prosecutor fires shot at Stephen Miller's 'ridiculous' plan
Donald Trump's White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is under fire for an idea one former prosecutor deemed "ridiculous."
Miller, who is said to have received a "direct" message from the Supreme Court in its latest ruling against Trump, recently told reporters that the U.S. Constitution allowed for legal liberties to be halted in times of "rebellion or invasion."
"A lot of it depends on whether the courts do the right thing or not," Miller said at the time.
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Responding to that news, Vance reminded readers that "Trump doesn’t always win."
"So, when you see stories like the one about Stephen Miller saying that suspending habeas corpus is under serious consideration, don’t accept it as a done deal. It’s a ridiculous, anti-constitutional suggestion from someone who isn’t a lawyer," Vance wrote. "His idea that the writ can be 'suspended in a time of invasion' skips a couple of steps, including who is doing the invading and precisely who can no longer seek the writ—even if there was an invasion of gang members running across the border on Trump’s watch, that would hardly justify suspending habeas for the people who use it the most, prisoners in custody in federal and state prisons."
Vance continued:
"Trump’s plan's success isn’t inevitable, and while taking Trump’s intent to damage if not destroy the rule of law seriously, we shouldn’t hesitate to dismiss some of the ideas his people float for what they are—ridiculous."