Bowe v. United States · ¶71

If Congress had incorporated §2244(b)(2)(B)’s more stringent exception into §2255(h), then §2255(h)(1)’s more lenient exception would become a dead letter. Because “‘Congress presumably does not enact useless laws,’” Garland v. Cargill, 602 U. S. 406, 427 (2024), it makes no sense to read §2255(h)’s cross-reference in this way.

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