The US Supreme Court has released its first and only opinion for the day in Bowe v. United States

The 5-4 opinion in Bowe v. United States is from Justice Sotomayor. The court holds that a federal law that instructs courts to dismiss a claim presented in a second or successive habeas corpus application does not apply to motions filed by federal prisoners. Justice Gorsuch…

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