Peter Orlowicz: "He might illegally order the FBI to arrest someone, but he wouldn't order the Bureau of Prisons to illegally continue to hold someone" is a weird needle to try and thread.

someone who is literally on the Hart & Wechsler casebook saying habeas corpus is the answer

"lawless presidential conduct can be prevented by reference to law" kind of misses what's happening in some important ways

"He might illegally order the FBI to arrest someone, but he wouldn't order the Bureau of Prisons to illegally continue to hold someone" is a weird needle to try and thread.

Or that if "the president illegally arrests political opponents" is a thing that is happening, the judges who might rule it illegal will very plausibly be in the cell next door

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