OK, then I suppose you think we should go back and reinstate AlGore as US President since the US Supreme Court during the 2000 election broke our "founding principals" and stopped the STATE Democrats from manipulating the Florida votes.
And while we're at it, what the hell is the US Supreme Court doing reviewing STATE death penalty cases.
YOU ALSO ASK: "What in the world is Congress doing if it is not stripping more states' rights away?"
This answer is simple. Congress simply passed a bill which asked the US Federal Court to consider reviewing the case.
If the court decides the woman should be starved and dehydrated to death, then there's not much left to do. Name for me, if you can, the right which was stripped away from Florida.
Your analogy is a poor one.
SCOTUS had to step in re the Bush/Gore decision. Here, SCOTUS should have been the final arbitrator and SCOTUS made a decision not to hear the case.
Then, Congress bypassed SCOTUS -- that did not happen in 2000, which makes your analogy a poor one.
The point I am making and what the Congresman is making is simple: Congress overstepped their authority and took a piece of the Constitution along with it.