[Svartalfiar]

SCOTUS wont take up a case before it has gone thru the federal appeals process...

That's up to SCOTUS. A State is a party. They have original jurisdiction, they can choose to take it up immediately or push if off on a lower court first.

[stylin19a]

Thanks
A State is a party. They have original jurisdiction,
that's a fact. But it's rare. SCOTUS decides whether to exercise it.

https://www.fjc.gov/history/work-courts/jurisdiction-original-supreme-court
"The Supreme Court's original docket has always been a minute portion of its overall caseload. Between 1789 and 1959, the Court issued written opinions in only 123 original cases. Since 1960, the Court has received fewer than 140 motions for leave to file original cases, nearly half of which were denied a hearing."