User:Ajdel/Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996/Camillemcleod Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

Ajdel


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ajdel/Antiterrorism_and_Effective_Death_Penalty_Act_of_1996?veaction=edit&preload=Template%3ADashboard.wikiedu.org_draft_template


 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

Evaluate the drafted changes
The first paragraph of the lead section here seems a little detail-heavy. All of the information is relevant, but the vote ratios (for example) may be better suited to your section on legislative history.

The content you plan to add under "Background," "Legislative History," and for the provisions will be helpful. The article as it stands doesn't offer much as to why the bill was important or what led to its drafting and formulation, so adding to these areas would help to increase the article's strength.

Under the heading "Deportation and Capital Proceedings" you mentioned how you were planning to format sections dealing with the provisions. If there will only be a general overview (a few bullet points, a short paragraph, etc.) I would recommend just including it as a subheading under the provision for the sake of information grouping and organization. If you plan to include more information, you could still have a short subheading and a "See also."

Under "Reception," I agree that some of the language needs to be adjusted. The section "the majority of judges believed" could be strengthened by giving the number of judges. I also agree that newspaper coverage would be a valuable resource for this section. Another idea for reception would be to see if the White House had anything valuable or interesting in how they reacted, i.e. if the administration didn't seem too keen on passing the bill but did or if the president released a signing statement, etc.

I think you have a good organizational setup for the information; going from background to legislative history then details of the provisions makes sense chronologically and is easy to follow.