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Cite as: 529 U. S. 473 (2000)

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Opinion of the Court

Matthew D. Roberts argued the cause for the United
States as amicus curiae. With him on the brief were
Solicitor General Waxman, Assistant Attorney General
Robinson, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, and Vicki
S. Marani.

David F. Sarnowski, Chief Deputy Attorney General of
Nevada, argued and reargued the cause for respondents.
With him on the briefs were Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attor-
ney General, and Julie A. Slabaugh, Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral. With him on the brief on the original argument was
Ms. Del Papa.*

Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.
We are called upon to resolve a series of issues regarding
the law of habeas corpus, including questions of the proper
application of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty
Act of 1996 (AEDPA). We hold as follows:

*Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were ﬁled for the National Asso-
ciation of Criminal Defense Lawyers et al. by Edward M. Chikofsky, Bar-
bara E. Bergman, and David M. Porter; and for the Rutherford Institute
by John W. Whitehead.

Briefs of amici curiae urging afﬁrmance were ﬁled for the State of
California et al. by Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, David P.
Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Se-
nior Assistant Attorney General, and Donald E. De Nicola and A. Scott
Hayward, Deputy Attorneys General, joined by the Attorneys General for
their respective States as follows: Bill Pryor of Alabama, Bruce M. Bo-
telho of Alaska, Janet Napolitano of Arizona, Mark Pryor of Arkansas,
M. Jane Brady of Delaware, Robert A. Butterworth of Florida, Thomas J.
Miller of Iowa, Alan G. Lance of Idaho, Carla J. Stovall of Kansas, Rich-
ard P. Ieyoub of Louisiana, Mike Moore of Mississippi, Jeremiah W. (Jay)
Nixon of Missouri, Joseph P. Mazurek of Montana, Don Stenberg of
Nebraska, Patricia A. Madrid of New Mexico, Michael F. Easley of
North Carolina, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, D. Michael Fisher
of Pennsylvania, Charles M. Condon of South Carolina, Mark Barnett
of South Dakota, Paul G. Summers of Tennessee, Mark L. Earley of
Virginia, and Christine O. Gregoire of Washington; and for the Criminal
Justice Legal Foundation by Kent S. Scheidegger.