If comity and finality did not compel any time limitation at all, it follows " a fortiori " that they do not compel making a legislatively created, forfeitable time limitation nonforfeitable . " Court precedent prior to AEDPA had furthermore affirmatively rejected that the traditionally broad discretionary powers of " habeas " courts would support the imposition of a time limitation . " There is, therefore, no support for the notion that the traditional equitable discretion that governed " habeas " proceedings permitted the dismissal of " habeas " petitions on the sole ground of untimeliness ."
