The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) restricts the power of federal courts to grant writs of habeas corpus based on claims that were "adjudicated on the merits" by a state court. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d). When a state court has applied clearly established federal law to...
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