Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2254(d) of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) is unconstitutional

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2254(d) of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), prohibiting federal courts from granting a writ of habeas corpus to a petitioner in state custody except where the state court decision is "contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law" as determined by this Court, or is based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the State court proceeding" is unconstitutional on its face because it impermissibly interferes with the exercise of the federal judicial power granted exclusively to this Court and the lower federal courts by Article ITI of the United States Constitution. i