Do Americans know how their system of government is supposed to work?

There has been much concern this week about comments made by senior White House advisor Stephen Miller that the administration is looking for ways to suspend habeas corpus in their efforts to deport migrants in the country illegally. Miller told reporters:

The Constitution is clear — and that of course is the supreme law of the land — that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion… So it’s an option that we’re actively looking at.

Habeas corpus...