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The Problem With the US Supreme Court's Interpretation of State Law
In general, the Federal Supreme Court and other US courts should defer in general to state court decisions on the meaning of state law. The people actually get to weigh in, if they don't like the way the court is interpreting their constitution. If the US Supreme Court redecides Danovo for itself, what the North Carolina constitution really quote unquote means? There's no guarantee that any one of them has ever even set foot in North Carolina. And if they mess up, they're not accountable to North Carolinians.