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To: ElectricStrawberry

State supreme courts rule on state constitutions, at least in most cases. Federal courts deal with the U.S. Constitution.


19 posted on 04/03/2009 7:28:24 AM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: rwfromkansas
State supreme courts rule on state constitutions, at least in most cases. Federal courts deal with the U.S. Constitution.

State Courts frequently rule on rights under the U.S. Constitution and Federal Courts have ruled that not only do states have the right to do so but such cases cannot be removed to federal court just because the Constitutional right being ruled on is a right under the U.S. Constitution. These decisions can be appealed to SCOTUS.

28 posted on 04/03/2009 7:40:46 AM PDT by Prokopton
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