The constituion (Bill of Rights) contains specific amendments which protect the rights of any citizen over the age of 18 to vote. There's one for women, there's one for race, and there's one for age. Certainly a federal court has the right to exercise jurisdiction when a case brings any of those issues into play. Indeed, there is a body of federal legislation, the constitutionality of which was challenged by conservatives 35 years ago incidentally (and not surprisingly, e.g., the Voting Rights Act and its progeny, which adds muscle to the protection of those constitutional rights.
The issue here had nothing to do with those rights -- this is a case about a function specifically reserved for the states in Article II of the Constitution (" the States shall select electors . . . . "). The issue raised was administering the vote counting procedures of state law, and reviewing an election contest provided for by the legislature, in accordance with the standards adoipted by the legislature. In accordance with Florida's constitution, and the election statute itself, the Florida Courts were the final arbiter. No claim was made that the right to vote was adbridged on the basis of sex, race or age in the case. So your analogy sucks.
You are not a very good legal analyst, and you are totally misinterpreting my post. |
