They don't want to decide an election. I get that, but in cases like these - someone has to, and they make the big bucks for a reason. Ultimate responsibility is supposed to fall on them. They're the supreme court. Not a lawyer here, I have absolutely no real knowledge of how it actually works, but if it doesn't work like that - then what's the point of having a SCOTUS at all?
And I can understand the argument "we don't want states suing each other constantly." But this is a state saying "hey, these other states violated their own state constitutions and the federal constitution... which ultimately caused harm to the Union (because disobeying the Constitution will do that), so shouldn't they, y'know, be punished for that?"
SCOTUS: "Nah, we don't rule on Constitutional shit." Pisses me off more every time I think about it.
They don't want to decide an election. I get that, but in cases like these - someone has to, and they make the big bucks for a reason. Ultimate responsibility is supposed to fall on them. They're the supreme court. Not a lawyer here, I have absolutely no real knowledge of how it actually works, but if it doesn't work like that - then what's the point of having a SCOTUS at all?
And I can understand the argument "we don't want states suing each other constantly." But this is a state saying "hey, these other states violated their own state constitutions and the federal constitution... which ultimately caused harm to the Union (because disobeying the Constitution will do that), so shouldn't they, y'know, be punished for that?"
SCOTUS: "Nah, we don't rule on Constitutional shit." Pisses me off more every time I think about it.