es ▁was ▁race ▁neutral . ▁She ▁argued ▁that ▁in ▁light ▁of ▁" the ▁strength ▁of ▁Ay ala ’ s ▁prima ▁fac ie ▁case ", ▁the ▁Court ▁should ▁have ▁u ph eld ▁the ▁N inth ▁Circ uit ' s ▁r uling . ▁ ▁Comment ary ▁and ▁analysis ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁the ▁Court ' s ▁opinion , ▁comment ators ▁described ▁Davis ▁v . ▁Ay ala ▁as ▁" an ▁important ▁case ▁raising ▁claims ▁about ▁j ury ▁selection ▁and ▁har ml ess ▁error ". ▁Steve ▁V la deck ▁wrote ▁that ▁"[ g ] o ing ▁forward , ▁the ▁dispute ▁between ▁the ▁majority ▁and ▁diss ent ▁will ▁have ▁an ▁especially ▁significant ▁effect ▁on ▁cases ▁in ▁which ▁trial ▁courts ▁conduct ▁Bat son ▁proceed ings ▁ex ▁parte ". ▁Had ar ▁A vir am ▁wrote ▁that ▁"[ t ] he ▁Court ▁was ▁willing ▁to ▁accept , ▁as ▁a ▁basic ▁prem ise , ▁that ▁Ay ala ' s ▁constitution al ▁rights ▁were ▁viol ated ; ▁but ▁that ▁is ▁not ▁enough ▁to ▁mer it ▁a ▁revers al ". ▁In ▁his ▁review ▁of ▁the ▁case ▁for ▁The ▁New ▁York er , ▁Lincoln ▁Cap lan ▁described ▁the ▁Court ' s ▁opinion ▁as ▁" part icular ly ▁un just " ▁because ▁the ▁Court ▁" had ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁hold ▁a ▁state ▁pro sec utor ▁to ▁account ▁for ▁using ▁tr ump ed - up ▁reasons ▁to ▁justify ▁ra cial ▁disc rim ination ▁in ▁a ▁j ury ▁selection " ▁but ▁failed ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁ ▁Comment ary ▁about ▁Justice ▁Kennedy ' s ▁conc urr ing