Ted’s debate with lawprof David Bruck (Washington & Lee) on federal habeas corpus reform at Legal Affairs has now wrapped up (for more on the bill itself, see Jul. 17). Not only is it highly illuminating and a great read (Ted: “We’re not talking about a sacrosanct legacy for which General Grant fought; we’re debating a malleable judicial rule that’s younger than two of the stars of ‘Desperate Housewives.'”) but (for readers who think they’re only interested in the civil and not the criminal side of the courtroom) Ted discusses in passing the general paucity of means by which miscarriages of justice in state court litigation can be reviewed by federal courts (see his Aug. 2 post).

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