preservation-rule
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-53 | Brittany Valencia Martin v. South Carolina | South Carolina | 2025-07-15 | Denied | Response Waived | appellate-review constitutional-law first-amendment independent-review preservation-rule state-courts | It is a "rule of federal constitutional law" that in "cases raising First Amendment issues," appellate courts must "make an independent examination of… |
| 20-1605 | Justin Terrell Atkins v. Timothy Hooper, Warden | Fifth Circuit | 2021-05-18 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | aedpa brecht-v-abrahamson confrontation-clause habeas habeas-corpus harmless-error harmlessness preservation-rule sufficiency-of-evidence | Whether the preservation rule applies to the State's forfeiture of harmlessness in AEDPA cases |