ROSS, District Judge.
In a recent case involving the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (the "AEDPA"), Pub.L. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214, Justice Souter remarked, "All we can say is that in a world of silk purses and pigs' ears, the Act is not a silk purse of the art of statutory drafting." Lindh v. Murphy, ___ U.S. ___, ___, 117 S.Ct. 2059, 2068, 138 L.Ed.2d 481 (1997). This case demonstrates how true this statement rings, as the court is called...
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