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Cite as: 524 U. S. 236 (1998)

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Scalia, J., dissenting

our federal criminal justice system, produced by various as-
pects of this Court’s habeas corpus jurisprudence. And the
purpose of the speciﬁc provision of AEDPA at issue here is
also not obscure: It was designed, in intelligent reliance upon
a holding of this Court, to end § 2255 litigation in the district
court unless a court of appeals judge or the circuit justice
ﬁnds reasonable basis to appeal. By giving literally unprec-
edented meaning to the words in two relevant statutes, and
overruling the premise of Congress’s enactment, the Court
adds new, Byzantine detail to a habeas corpus scheme Con-
gress meant to streamline and simplify.
I respectfully
dissent.