这条原则再次被强调 www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supreme-court-issues-opinions-on-confrontation-clause-post-conviction-relief/ The court also weighed in in the case of Jeremiah Sweeney. Sweeney went to federal court, seeking post-conviction relief, after he was unsuccessful in overturning his conviction in state court. A federal district judge turned down his bid, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit reversed that ruling and “ordered a new trial, relying on a claim that Sweeney never asserted” – which, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday, was an error. “The parties,” the court explained in a brief, unsigned opinion, “‘frame the issues for decision,’ while the court serves as ‘“neutral arbiter of matters the parties present.”’”