Artuz v. Bennett, No. 99-1238 (U.S. Supreme Court) (531 U.S. 4; 121 S.Ct. 213) (November 7, 2000) (Justice Scalia)
This is one of those habeas corpus decisions that proves the obvious: Through complex, complicated and obfuscated statutes, Congress has succeeded in turning the Great Writ into a procedural playground that defies human comprehension. In 1994, Congress enacted the AEDPA in part limit habeas appeals. One of the provisions of …
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