Habeas Corpus and the Detained
How the right to challenge unlawful detention works, where the Constitution limits it, and why surging immigrant petitions and suspension threats are testing federal courts.
Optimized for books about Understand what habeas corpus is, its constitutional limits, and how it applies to immigration detention and recent attempts to curtail it..
How to Read the Constitution--and WhyKim WehleA clear, accessible primer on constitutional text and the legal arguments around habeas corpus suited to readers...Shelf signal: Constitutional Law
The Shadow DocketStephen VladeckExplains how courts use emergency procedures and nonroutine docket tools that matter when habeas petitions and...Shelf signal: Courts & the Judiciary
How Democracies DieSteven Levitsky, Daniel ZiblattPlaces executive assaults on democratic norms in broader comparative context helpful for understanding suspension...Shelf signal: Comparative Politics
In the Shadow of LibertyAna Raquel MinianHistorical scholarship showing how immigration law has long been shaped by politics and legal doctrines that constrain...Shelf signal: Immigration & Emigration
SeparatedJacob SoboroffReporting and memoir that humanizes detention and the consequences of prolonged detention while petitions pend.Shelf signal: Immigration Policy
ChargedCassandra Campbell, Emily BazelonExamines prosecutorial and court systems that produce punitive detention outcomes and helps explain institutional...Shelf signal: Criminal Procedure