The problem is activist Judges. Judges are the arbitrars of the application of the Constitutionality to which the legislature operate. Yet, you end up with activist judges who rule clearly against both the State Constitution and the legislatures laws. Voter ID is one such issue.
I agree. State legislators don’t start out with the intent to ‘ignore’ their own state constitutions. They legislate according to what they see as a needed statute considering their constituents’ desires.
It’s true that their laws have to withstand possible constitutionality tests for their states but the judiciary is far too infested with leftist activist judges who use their power to legislate on their own from the bench.
This is a problem at the state level and an even WORSE problem at the federal court level, IMO.
IMO, the wisest vote anyone in any state could make is to vote against any incumbent judge, period. The chess board has to be cleared.
That’s certainly a big problem but I’m not sure SCOTUS thinks the solution is to ignore the constitution(s).
The concept of judicial review is what the fight really should be about. John Marshall’s power grab in Marbury vs Madison needs to be undone.