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There is potential for abuse in anything. We have abuse at massive scales today - without any testing procedures. Assuredly there would be some degree of abuse with a testing procedure. But the benefits would outweigh the abuse because there would be no completely unknowledgeable people affecting the course of the nation.
There is more danger of abuse in a drivers test. If you bribe the test provider to pass, you are circumventing the methods society uses to judge worthiness to operate a vehicle. As such, you could potentially cause the death of innocent people due to a lack of knowledge of proper driving regulations. Voting abuse of this nature would simply cause one ignorant vote being cast. In both cases, the percentages of scale are too small to offer any significant negative impact.
As for SCOTUS aspects, it's obvious this whole thing would require a Constitutional Amendment.
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