We are drawing an incorrect and draconian conclusion r.e. SCOTUS. For one, SCOTUS alone does not define the Repulic. Moreover, it is by design given limits recognized both within and without its domain. No harm in applying ourselves with cases that may redound to a swift remedy, but overall the TX suit was like an end run. The frontal assoukt is eksewhere, and the Republic is far from vanquished.
“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”