Amends the Federal judicial code to repeal the requirement that a State court's determination of the merits of a factual issue in a…

Official title: A bill to repeal the habeas corpus requirement that a Federal court defer to State court judgments and uphold a conviction regardless of whether the Federal court believes that the State court erroneously interpreted Constitutional law, except in cases where the Federal court believes the State court acted in an unreasonable manner.

Amends the Federal judicial code to repeal the requirement that a State court's determination of the merits of a factual issue in a proceeding to which an applicant for a writ of habeas corpus was a party shall be presumed to be correct unless the Federal court believes that the State court acted in an unreasonable manner.