Roopali gained prominence after arguing various cases for the state of Arizona, including suing the State Senate Republican leadership over the partisan audit of Maricopa County’s 2020 election results.
The case cites the 14th Amendment, which prohibits people who have taken an oath to defend the Constitution from holding office if they then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the government.
Earlier this month, the Florida Supreme Court unanimously rejected a request from Gov. DeSantis to dissolve a north Florida district drawn to give Black voters a chance to pick their own representatives.
In Pennsylvania, Democrats have a three-justice majority and no justices are up for election this year. But the Republican state legislature has been trying to constrain the court's power since 2018.