Let’s get this straight it was all 9 Justices.
Clarence Thomas said he would permit the filing but he said he WOULD GRANT NO FURTHER RELIEF.
The Supreme Court was not going to let one state sue over the way another state conducted its election.
That IS our republic.
1) it wasn't "one state"...it was 20. 2) it was about "following the law", the ultimate point of the Constitution. Changes to the electoral process were made by other than the STATE legislature, which is the SOLE determinant of the STATE electoral process.