Whether the decision by the federal court of appeals is correct as applied to the Petitioner regarding a certificate of appealability

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Whether the decision by the federal court of appeals is correct as applied to the Petitioner regarding a certificate of appealability. 2. Does the ruling in Griffith v_ Kentucky, 107 S. Ct. 708 concerning new constitutional rules applying retroactively to all cases, state or federal, pending on direct review or not yet final apply to a state constitution when it is amended to proclaim a "new rule." 3. Should a state be allowed to word their constitutional amendment(s) in such a way as to by-pass/arinul previously established federal case law rulings such as Griffith v. Kentucky, 107 S. Ct. 708? 2