Justice Souter, with whom Justice Ginsburg and Justice Breyer join, dissenting. In modifying 28 U. S. C. § 2254 , the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), 110 Stat. 1214 , did not specifically identify the state habeas cases that the amended statute would govern, except in certain capital cases subject to special…
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