Example sentences for: habeas

How can you use “habeas” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The two areas of law that matter most to Rehnquist are habeas corpus reform and criminal-procedure reform.

  • He campaigned vigorously and successfully to restrict the number of habeas appeals for death row inmates.

  • 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?

  • 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.


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