Whether a state appellate court violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause by deeming properly preserved trial errors waived without meaningful explanation, and, if so, whether closing the courthouse door in that manner also abridges the First Amendment right to petition the courts for redress.

Whether a state appellate court violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause by deeming properly preserved trial errors waived without meaningful explanation, and, if so, whether closing the courthouse door in that manner also abridges the First Amendment right to petition the courts for redress