mr. bernstein. >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court. the issue is whether to decide the question of miller's retroactivity in this case or in a federal habeas case such as johnson versus mannis, number 15-1 on this court's docket. in today's case there is no jurisdiction over that question because the point is enforce the supremacy clause which states that when, quote, the laws of the united states, unquote, apply, quote, the judges -- these are the key words -- in every state shall be bound thereby. there is no such thing as supreme federal law that depends on whether a particular state voluntarily makes federal precedents binding. when a state does that, when a state voluntarily adopts non-binding federal precedents, that creates no right under federal law, which is what 1257 requires, and michigan versus long does not apply. >> how would you describe the adequate and independent state ground on which this decision rested? >> i would say that the lack of a binding federal law question

mr. bernstein. >> more melting. highs in the low 50s yesterday. we never got below freezing in most areas last night. today, we are starting to see a little more sunshine. after the morning showers are now pulling away. and the clouds are thinning. so we will be partly to mostly sunny this afternoon. and it is kind of brazen. some of gusts over 20 miles an hour. as this pulls away, the winds will relax and with the light winds, it will get cold. temperatures drop big time into the teens and 20 s and the 24- hour temperature change tells us the trend. a little bit colder here. but look to the west in pittsburgh and charleston. 15 to 20 degrees colder. the bigger drop in temperatures is what i expect to move in toward the evening hours. while our temperatures are up to 42, cumberland, 378. and still in the up -- 37. and still in the upper 20s and low 30s west of the continental divide. we will have the colder air move in. a little bit of a cooldown tomorrow. and more so friday. and it will be mild again, over the weekend. so for the afternoon, it lo

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