http://a-new-machine.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] a-new-machine.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2011-09-09 12:12 am (UTC)

Jurisdiction is not mandatory. The court *may* exercise jurisdiction, but there is no requirement for any court to exercise its jurisdiction. So they do have jurisdiction, but in practice they only exercise it where two states are opposing parties. So it's moot, since they wouldn't have done so here. And even then, the existence of jurisdiction does not create standing, and Virginia would have the same standing problems in DC as they did in the 4th.

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