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Which of the Following Is Not True About the Antiterrorism

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Which of the following is not true about the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996?


A) it requires that second or subsequent habeas petitions be dismissed when the claim had already been made in a previous petition
B) it requires that new claims be dismissed, unless the Supreme Court hands down a new rule of constitutional law and makes it retroactive to cases on collateral review
C) under the Act, the Supreme Court can hear a claim made for the first time only when the claim is based on new evidence not previously available
D) the Act made the federal appellate courts "gatekeepers" for second or subsequent habeas corpus petitions
E) all of the above is true

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