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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
As far as SCOTUS and state law, the way I understand it, SCOTUS can only decide on cases where the challenge is under some portion of the US Constitution. State constitutions are decided by state courts. Does that answer your question?
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I believe you are right. I think many of the complaints about their activism is of course in how they interpret the constitution. It is almost like they already know how they want to rule and stretch the meaning to justify their ruling. Didn't they recently use some interstate commerce legislation to stop some localities from legalizing marijuana?