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In his crime bill, passed in 1994, he went further than any Republican president would have dared to restrict habeas corpus, the writ by which state prisoners, including those on death row, can get their cases reviewed by federal courts.
He has spoken out against the new restrictions on federal habeas corpus.
The LAT and NYT note that in defense of Clinton, Lowell pointed out that impeachment wasn't wielded when Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, when Roosevelt misled the public about Lend-Lease, nor against Ronald Reagan in connection with Iran-Contra.
(Wasn't it Lincoln who, after suspending habeas corpus, gave a single white rose to every registered voter?
Is a liberal president the one who makes the biggest increase in defense spending in a decade, restricts habeas corpus, guts the protections of immigration law, and sends weapons to the Colombian army?