states don't have the authority to adjudicate federal law questions. The state is in this case effectively attempting to create a finding based on federal law

states don't have the authority to adjudicate federal law questions. The state is in this case effectively attempting to create a finding based on federal law that it has no authority to create. Then there's the sticky problem of the fact that he was actually indicted for the crime and acquitted of it, which throws an entirely separate wrench in the state mechanism, because now she is saying she can override a federal senate decision on guilt or innocence because of how she feels about it.