Whether the Mississippi Supreme Court's inconsistent application of Mississippi law—holding that all legislation is substantive law under Howell and Ronk, while simultaneously applying procedural bars to avoid federal review of Jordan's ex post facto claim—violates the Ex Post Facto Clause and denies Jordan due process in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Whether a state court violates the Ex Post Facto Clause and Due Process Clause by applying procedural bars to preclude review of a capital defendant's substantive ex post facto challenge when the state court has contemporaneously held that all legislation is substantive law