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GulfCoast66

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88. Not really. They feel constitutionally the court had the obligation to take up cases between states

Fri Dec 11, 2020, 10:56 PM

Dec 2020

Probably because it is explicitly mentioned in the Constitution. Originalist and all.

But they state they would not have granted relief.

So actually 9-0 against Texas.

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