Court Opinion

ID: 9434766
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:56:05.113099+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:23:54.381308
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Justice Scalia,
with whom Justice Thomas joins, concurring.
I join the Court’s opinion, which correctly holds that the California Supreme Court’s decision was not “contrary to” or “an unreasonable application of” our cases. 28 U. S. C. § 2254(d)(1). Even if our review were not circumscribed by statute, I would adhere to my view that limiting a jury’s discretion to consider all mitigating evidence does not violate *148the Eighth Amendment. See Walton v. Arizona, 497 U. S. 639, 673 (1990) (Scalia, J., concurring in part and concurring in judgment).