id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
inlawrev-3004	Mitchell, Michael J.	Curiouser and Curiouser: The United States Supreme Court Continues Its Assault on Federal Habeas Corpus	1992	24	.pdf	application/pdf	10355	578	60	It is a system that the United States Supreme Court seems bent on making curiouser and curiouser 1 with each decision concerning the role of federal courts in reviewing state criminal convictions. In 1789, Congress established habeas corpus as an avenue to remedy violations of rights of persons held under federal authority.6 When Congress ratified the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution following the Civil War, it also granted federal courts the power to conduct habeas review of state criminal convictions.7 In 1948, Congress codified these guarantees when it adopted 28 U.S.C. § 2254, requiring federal courts to hear applications for writs of habeas corpus from persons in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court ... on the ground that he is in custody in violation of the Constitution, or laws or treaties of the United States.	cache/inlawrev-3004.pdf	txt/inlawrev-3004.txt