I thought DeLay was pretty constrained for Delay. He is a tight wound guy, no doubt about it. It is also vague as to just what the federal courts are being asked to do. But there is a procedural change. Only SCOTUS can review a state supreme court decision, and that is discretionary. If jurisdiction for review is granted to an appellate court, then it must take the matter up. Whether that raises constitutional issues in and of itself, I don't know. I am just a dirt bag provincial lawyer over my head.
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