 The Supreme Court agreed and unanimously reversed in "Taylor v. Barkes".Hardiman has generally voted in favor of the state and against inmates when deciding on cases centered on capital punishment.Most of the cases he has encountered involved disputes surrounding the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act a 1996 U.S. law in which limitations are placed on an inmate's ability to seek habeas corpus relief from their conviction, where he affirms the belief that the Act places a high standard on inmates which they usually cannot reach.