gAlienLifeform , 4 hours ago

the appeal to the Supreme Court is not about whether it was a good idea for the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

The Supreme Court decides the scope of appeals and can ask for reargument if they think the parties are talking about the wrong issues

I think that it is in fact true that “Nothing in the Constitution compels a state court to provide a particular measure of deference to a state official’s confession of error.”

“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

If this travesty counts as a due process of law then the phrase has lost all meaning.