OPINION
PRICE, J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court
in which KELLER, P.J., and WOMACK, KEASLER, and HERVEY, JJ., joined.
Pursuant to a plea bargain with the State, the applicant was placed on deferred adjudication for the offense of sexual assault of a child.1 The convicting court later adjudicated the applicant’s guilt and sentenced him to five years’ imprisonment because, among other things, he allegedly committed two new offenses. No appeal was taken. The applicant filed an initial post-conviction application for writ of ha-beas corpus pursuant to Article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure,2 in which he claimed that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction. [106]*106On March 28, 2012, we denied the initial writ application without written order. This is a subsequent post-conviction application for writ of habeas corpus. In it, the applicant alleges that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to revoke his deferred adjudication community supervision because the capias for his arrest did not issue until three days after his community supervision period expired. In Langston v. State,3 we held that a trial court loses jurisdiction to proceed to adjudicate a defendant’s guilt when the district clerk fails to issue a capias before his probationary period expires.
While we are not unsympathetic to the applicant’s claim, this Court lacks the authority to grant him relief. Because this is a subsequent post-conviction writ application, we are barred by the abuse of the writ doctrine, as codified by Section 4 of Article 11.07, from reaching the merits of that claim, much less granting relief.4 Section 4 of Article 11.07 contains three statutory exceptions to the general rule that bars consideration of a subsequent post-conviction writ application, but the current application “contains” no “sufficient specific facts establishing” any of the enumerated exceptions.5 The application fails to contain facts that establish either new law, new facts, or actual innocence.
New Law: If an applicant can invoke a legal basis for relief that was unavailable at the time of his initial post-conviction writ application, the applicant may overcome the Section 4 statutory bar.6 To do so, he must establish that
the legal basis was not recognized by and could not have been reasonably formulated from a final decision of the United States Supreme Court, a court of appeals of the United States, or a court of appellate jurisdiction of [the State of Texas] on or before [the date of the application].7
The applicant fails to allege, and we are unaware of, any new legal basis that would sidestep the statutory bar that prevents us from reaching the merits of his claim.
New Facts: A subsequent application may also avoid a Section 4 bar by establishing that a factual basis now exists that was unavailable to the applicant when he filed his initial post-conviction writ application.8 A new factual basis is one that could not have been discovered “through the exercise of reasonable diligence” before the date of the initial application.9 We have stated that reasonable diligence “suggests at least some kind of inquiry has been made into the matter at issue.”10 In the instant case, the applicant claims he meets this exception because “he did not discover” the factual basis for the current claim until “on or about June 7, 2012,” after he filed his initial post-conviction writ application. But the applicant does not explain why he was unable, through reasonable diligence, to ascertain the information before filing his initial post-conviction writ application. In fact, it is readily apparent that the applicant could have easily obtained the information before now, just [107]*107as he did for the purpose of developing his current post-conviction writ application.11
Innocence: If the application includes facts that establish “by a preponderance of the evidence” that, absent a federal constitutional violation, “no rational juror could have found the applicant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt,” he may defeat the bar prohibiting a subsequent post-conviction writ application.12 In Ex parte Brooks,13 we explained that, to invoke this exception to the statutory bar, a subsequent application must contain facts to establish both a prima facie claim of a constitutional violation and a prima facie claim of actual innocence. Here, the applicant does not even attempt to make a prima facie claim of either a constitutional violation or his actual innocence, so he cannot avoid the Section 4 bar under this exception.14
The Dissent — Jurisdiction: The dissent argues that, regardless of the dictates of Section 4, the lack of jurisdiction over a case will render the judgment void, and such a judgment “may always be collaterally attacked.”15 But we have never said that “always” in this context should include for the first time in a subsequent application for writ of habeas corpus that fails to satisfy any of the three exceptions to our statutory abuse of the writ doctrine. [108]*108Indeed, in Ex parte Blue,16 we essentially held to the contrary. There, a capital habeas applicant argued that, under Section 5(a)(3) of Article 11.071 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,17 he should be able to interpose a claim of mental retardation in bar of the death penalty in a subsequent post-conviction writ application — even though he had enjoyed every opportunity to raise that claim in his initial post-conviction writ application, but failed to do so.18 Because execution of the mentally retarded is absolutely barred by the Eighth Amendment, he should be able to claim mental retardation “at any time,” including in a subsequent post-conviction writ application, notwithstanding the statutory abuse of the writ doctrine.19 We rejected this claim, holding that the legislative prerogative to regulate post-conviction habeas corpus procedure was well established and that “at any time” does not include in a subsequent post-conviction writ application that cannot meet the dictates of Article 11.071, Section 5.20 There is no reason to believe that the same should not be true of Article 11.07, Section 4’s abuse of the writ provisions.
The dissent argues that this case is distinguishable from Blue because, it involves a claim that the convicting court lacked jurisdiction.21 It is, of course, axiomatic in our, case law that review of jurisdictional claims are cognizable in post-conviction habeas corpus proceedings.22 Moreover, we have recognized them to be cognizable without regard to ordinary notions of procedural default — essentially because it is simply not optional with the parties to agree to confer subject matter jurisdiction on a convicting court where that jurisdiction is lacking.23 Therefore, unless and until such time as the.
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OPINION
PRICE, J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court
in which KELLER, P.J., and WOMACK, KEASLER, and HERVEY, JJ., joined.
Pursuant to a plea bargain with the State, the applicant was placed on deferred adjudication for the offense of sexual assault of a child.1 The convicting court later adjudicated the applicant’s guilt and sentenced him to five years’ imprisonment because, among other things, he allegedly committed two new offenses. No appeal was taken. The applicant filed an initial post-conviction application for writ of ha-beas corpus pursuant to Article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure,2 in which he claimed that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction. [106]*106On March 28, 2012, we denied the initial writ application without written order. This is a subsequent post-conviction application for writ of habeas corpus. In it, the applicant alleges that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to revoke his deferred adjudication community supervision because the capias for his arrest did not issue until three days after his community supervision period expired. In Langston v. State,3 we held that a trial court loses jurisdiction to proceed to adjudicate a defendant’s guilt when the district clerk fails to issue a capias before his probationary period expires.
While we are not unsympathetic to the applicant’s claim, this Court lacks the authority to grant him relief. Because this is a subsequent post-conviction writ application, we are barred by the abuse of the writ doctrine, as codified by Section 4 of Article 11.07, from reaching the merits of that claim, much less granting relief.4 Section 4 of Article 11.07 contains three statutory exceptions to the general rule that bars consideration of a subsequent post-conviction writ application, but the current application “contains” no “sufficient specific facts establishing” any of the enumerated exceptions.5 The application fails to contain facts that establish either new law, new facts, or actual innocence.
New Law: If an applicant can invoke a legal basis for relief that was unavailable at the time of his initial post-conviction writ application, the applicant may overcome the Section 4 statutory bar.6 To do so, he must establish that
the legal basis was not recognized by and could not have been reasonably formulated from a final decision of the United States Supreme Court, a court of appeals of the United States, or a court of appellate jurisdiction of [the State of Texas] on or before [the date of the application].7
The applicant fails to allege, and we are unaware of, any new legal basis that would sidestep the statutory bar that prevents us from reaching the merits of his claim.
New Facts: A subsequent application may also avoid a Section 4 bar by establishing that a factual basis now exists that was unavailable to the applicant when he filed his initial post-conviction writ application.8 A new factual basis is one that could not have been discovered “through the exercise of reasonable diligence” before the date of the initial application.9 We have stated that reasonable diligence “suggests at least some kind of inquiry has been made into the matter at issue.”10 In the instant case, the applicant claims he meets this exception because “he did not discover” the factual basis for the current claim until “on or about June 7, 2012,” after he filed his initial post-conviction writ application. But the applicant does not explain why he was unable, through reasonable diligence, to ascertain the information before filing his initial post-conviction writ application. In fact, it is readily apparent that the applicant could have easily obtained the information before now, just [107]*107as he did for the purpose of developing his current post-conviction writ application.11
Innocence: If the application includes facts that establish “by a preponderance of the evidence” that, absent a federal constitutional violation, “no rational juror could have found the applicant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt,” he may defeat the bar prohibiting a subsequent post-conviction writ application.12 In Ex parte Brooks,13 we explained that, to invoke this exception to the statutory bar, a subsequent application must contain facts to establish both a prima facie claim of a constitutional violation and a prima facie claim of actual innocence. Here, the applicant does not even attempt to make a prima facie claim of either a constitutional violation or his actual innocence, so he cannot avoid the Section 4 bar under this exception.14
The Dissent — Jurisdiction: The dissent argues that, regardless of the dictates of Section 4, the lack of jurisdiction over a case will render the judgment void, and such a judgment “may always be collaterally attacked.”15 But we have never said that “always” in this context should include for the first time in a subsequent application for writ of habeas corpus that fails to satisfy any of the three exceptions to our statutory abuse of the writ doctrine. [108]*108Indeed, in Ex parte Blue,16 we essentially held to the contrary. There, a capital habeas applicant argued that, under Section 5(a)(3) of Article 11.071 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,17 he should be able to interpose a claim of mental retardation in bar of the death penalty in a subsequent post-conviction writ application — even though he had enjoyed every opportunity to raise that claim in his initial post-conviction writ application, but failed to do so.18 Because execution of the mentally retarded is absolutely barred by the Eighth Amendment, he should be able to claim mental retardation “at any time,” including in a subsequent post-conviction writ application, notwithstanding the statutory abuse of the writ doctrine.19 We rejected this claim, holding that the legislative prerogative to regulate post-conviction habeas corpus procedure was well established and that “at any time” does not include in a subsequent post-conviction writ application that cannot meet the dictates of Article 11.071, Section 5.20 There is no reason to believe that the same should not be true of Article 11.07, Section 4’s abuse of the writ provisions.
The dissent argues that this case is distinguishable from Blue because, it involves a claim that the convicting court lacked jurisdiction.21 It is, of course, axiomatic in our, case law that review of jurisdictional claims are cognizable in post-conviction habeas corpus proceedings.22 Moreover, we have recognized them to be cognizable without regard to ordinary notions of procedural default — essentially because it is simply not optional with the parties to agree to confer subject matter jurisdiction on a convicting court where that jurisdiction is lacking.23 Therefore, unless and until such time as the. Legislature might say otherwise, in exercise of its constitutional authority to regulate post-conviction writ procedure,24 a meritorious claim of truly jurisdictional dimension will “always” be subject to vindication in , an original post-conviction application for writ of habeas corpus. We do not mean here to say otherwise. Had the applicant properly raised his present claim in his original writ, we would not hesitate to reach the merits and, if appropriate, grant relief. But in the context of subsequent post-conviction writ applications, the Legislature has validly exercised its constitutionally-endowed regulatory authority to make it clear that only those claims that fit within the statutory exceptions prescribed [109]*109by Subsections 4(a)(1) and (2) of Article 11.07 are cognizable. Short of overruling Ex parte Davis,25 we are not at liberty talismanically to invoke “jurisdiction” to reach the merits and grant relief in a subsequent writ application.
The dissent seems to take the position that Section 4, on its face, does not apply the abuse of the writ doctrine to claims involving jurisdictional defects.26 First, the dissent argues, because a purported judgment of conviction from a court lacking jurisdiction is a nullity from its inception, there is no final conviction to trigger this Court’s authority under Article 11.07 to begin with, and so the abuse of the writ provisions of Section 4(a) do not apply.27 This argument is untenable. The applicant filed his application for writ of habeas corpus in this cause on the Court’s prescribed form for post-conviction applications under Article 11.07, and it plainly challenges the validity of something that at least purports to be a final conviction. It does not attempt in any other fashion to invoke this Court’s original habeas corpus jurisdiction under Article V, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution,28 or any other conceivable process that would remove the cause from the legislative authority to regulate post-conviction habeas corpus proceedings that we identified as controlling in Davis. The applicant cannot call upon our general authority to grant appropriate post-conviction habeas corpus relief under Article 11.07, while arguing that he should be insulated from the plain limitations upon subsequent writ applications embodied in Section 4(a).
Second, the dissent asserts that the Legislature could not possibly have intended to prohibit subsequent post-conviction habeas corpus applicants from challenging convictions obtained sans jurisdiction because such an intent would be too intolerable to contemplate, and therefore “absurd.”29 It is of course true that we primarily glean legislative intent from the statutory language itself when it is plain, unless application of the plain language “would lead to absurd consequences that the Legislature could not possibly have intended.”30 On its face, Section 4(a) plainly does not include jurisdictional claims among the exceptions to the prohibition against granting habeas corpus relief in a subsequent writ application. The dissent does not really contend otherwise, but seems to argue that to effectuate the plain language of Section 4(a) would lead to an absurd — ^indeed, an irrational — result.31 But there is nothing irrational about the legislative exercise of its prerogative to draw a definite statutory line beyond which the State’s substantial interest in the finality of its judgments overcomes all other policy interests, including the interest of ha-beas corpus applicants indefinitely to preserve a forum in which to challenge— even on jurisdictional grounds — the validity of their convictions. Davis established the legitimacy of that legislative prerogative, and we may not allow our judgment about legislative wisdom to thwart legislative will.
Because the statute plainly admits of no jurisdictional exception, we have no call to [110]*110resort to extra-textual considerations.32 The dissent would nevertheless have us presume that, in enacting Section 4(a) of Article 11.07, the Legislature was aware of the evolution of post-conviction habeas corpus jurisprudence, and the burgeoning of cognizability of claims beyond those challenging the jurisdiction of the convicting court to include non-jurisdictional constitutional claims.33 Aware of this history, the dissent asserts, the Legislature must surely have meant to limit the application of Section 4(a)’s abuse of the writ provisions to only the latter category of claims.34 The dissent cites no supporting authority for this assertion other than the common presumption that the Legislature “is aware of case law affecting or relating to” its enactments.35 We reject it. That the Legislature may have been aware of the historical expansion of habeas cognizability does not establish that it meant for its codification of the abuse of the writ doctrine to circumscribe that expansion only with respect to non-jurisdictional, constitutionally based claims. Moreover, to the extent that we have looked to legislative history in the past to construe Section 4, we have emphasized the clear legislative intent to provide but “one [full] bite of the apple,” with no qualification expressed for habeas claims predicated on jurisdictional, as opposed to merely constitutional, defects.36 To the contrary, the Legislature meant largely to mimic federal abuse of the writ practice.37 We note that, in applying the federal abuse of the writ provision applicable to challenges of federal criminal convictions, at least one federal court of appeals has recently held that the federal district court rightly declined to entertain a petitioner’s claim in a subsequent federal habeas corpus petition that the convicting court had lacked jurisdiction to convict him.38
The Dissent — Innocence: Although the applicant makes no argument that his application satisfies Section 4(a)(2) of Article 11.07, the dissenters do. According to the dissent, because the trial judge in this deferred adjudication proceeding had not yet found the applicant guilty, the rational fact-finder posited by Section 4(a)(2) (here, the trial judge) could not “have found the applicant guilty” because the trial court had lost jurisdiction to do so.39 The dissent finds authority for this assertion in Blue. In Blue, we held that a rational jury “could” not answer capital punishment special issues in the State’s favor — “if only for the simple reason that” a finding of mental retardation would, under the Eighth Amendment, obviate the submission of those issues to the jury “in the first place.”40 Here, by contrast, the relevant [111]*111fact finding is not obviated. The trial court could not have placed the applicant on deferred adjudication community supervision “in the first place” without finding that the State’s evidence at least “substantiates the defendant’s guilt[.]”41 Thus, at the time the statutory scheme contemplates that a finding of guilt must be made (albeit not acted upon in a formal adjudication), the fact-finder clearly “could have found the applicant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”42 Any subsequent proceeding for purposes of deciding whether to proceed to adjudication does not involve a revisitation of the initial guilt-substantiation determination.43 The applicant has failed to show that “no rational jury could have found him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt” based upon whatever evidence was originally proffered to substantiate his plea; nor does he identify any new evidence that would somehow cast that original evidence in a new, overwhelmingly exculpatory light.44 Under these circumstances the applicant has not satisfied the exception to the abuse of writ doctrine that is embodied in Section 4(a)(2).
Conclusion: In Section 4 of Article 11.07, the Legislature has explicitly prescribed the only circumstances in which we may reach the merits of a subsequent post-conviction writ application. “[I]t is not for the courts to add or subtract” from that enactment.45 We have long held that the Legislature is authorized to circumscribe post-conviction habeas procedure in precisely this way.46 As none of the above statutory exceptions provides an appropriate vehicle to review the merits of the applicant’s claim — much less grant relief— under Section 4, this Court has no choice but to dismiss the instant application.
ALCALA, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which COCHRAN, J., joined.
JOHNSON, J., dissented.
MEYERS, J., did not participate.