"the state's highest court surprised everyone by declaring that its only job was to examine whether the measure contravened the state constitution (it clearly did not), and that whether the measure is "wise or foolish, farsighted or blind, is beyond this court's purview."
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This statement is exactly what the Court's are supposed to do. Anything more would be "legislating from the bench." The State Supreme Court's job is to interpret the law and Constitution of Oregon. Interpretation of the Federal Constitution should be left to the federal courts. It sounds like Oregon's Supreme Court got it right on this one.