>Guess it depends on what “ANY” means...takes a court to screw up this...
No, it takes a LAWYER to take the plain English of “Shall not”, “No State shall”....or attempt to parse the meaning of the word ‘is’.
IMO, those of the legal profession should be barred from any/all legislative positions. It seems their ilk have done nothing to craft solid Law, but instead reams of legalize that can be fit to any situation.
I’ve read a number of court decisions. Makes me a geek, and I’m not a lawyer. But I’ve read a LOT of excellent, carefully thought out and clear court decisions. Many judges are excellent.
Some decide what they want the outcome to be, and vote accordingly. 5 members of the US Supreme Court are like that.
There used to be a guy on the Arizona Supreme Court. He would make (with help) a decision based on what he wanted. The next year, the AZ Legislature would pass a law specifically overturning his decision. It went on for years. The court would say, “X means Y”. The Legislature would pass a law the next year, defining X as X in extreme detail. In many cases, they would outlaw what the court had just ruled legal.
But there are many good judges, and I’ve met a number of good lawyers.