[Ruth C]

I think it has something to do with where you appeal cases. I think there is a 'pecking order'. Not the legal term, but I remember hearing about cases that got turned back by Fed Appeals court as 'not ripe' meaning hadn't happened, or hadn't gone through all lower level appeals.

I also think that unless it IS a federal constitutional issue that the Federal Appeals Court does not have jurisdiction over a state constitution. States' Rights.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The Federal Appeals Court was dealing with the Federal judge who tried to intervene in the States Business....