Under what circumstances will the U.S. Supreme Court decline to review a decision made by a state court?
When the state court’s decision is partially consistent with federal law but contradicts a federal statute.
When the state court’s decision relies on a combination of state and federal law to reach its conclusion.
When the state court’s decision involves a federal constitutional question but does not explicitly mention state law.
When the state court’s decision is based on state law that provides sufficient grounds to support the judgment, separate from any interpretation of federal law.
The U.S. Supreme Court will decline to review a state court decision if it rests on adequate and independent state grounds. This means that the state law basis for the decision is sufficient to support the judgment, regardless of any interpretation of federal law. Even if federal law is implicated, if the ultimate judgment can be supported independently by state law, the case falls outside the Court’s jurisdiction. Other answers fail to accurately describe this principle, focusing on issues that do not pertain to the adequate and independent state ground doctrine.
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