Bowe v. United States · ¶110

Importantly, though, that does not mean we lack for ways to resolve the circuit split my colleagues worry over. AEDPA may prevent us from exercising certiorari jurisdiction under § 1254(1). But AEDPA not only leaves untouched our power to entertain original habeas petitions fled directly in this Court. Felker v. Turpin, 518 U. S. 651, 660– 661 (1996). AEDPA also leaves untouched our power to accept certified “question[s] of law” from the federal courts of appeals and provide them with “binding instructions” on how to answer those questions under § 1254(2), a provision found right next door to the one governing our certiorari jurisdiction.

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