Hunter v. United States · ¶110

The Court, however, fails to identify any basis in law for its exception. It identifes no constitutional text, statute, or Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure that even suggests its miscarriage-of-justice exception. And, it identifes no established common-law or equitable doctrine that resembles it. The Court instead grounds its exception in the need to avoid “bring[ing] the judicial system into disrepute.” Ante, at 717, 727. Because federal courts have a “role . . . in approving and implementing appeal waivers,” the Court argues, this Court must create appropriate rules for enforcing them, which should advance the court system's own “ `institutional interest.' ” Ante, at 724–725.

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