The 11th Amendment to the Constitution is the reason the SCOTUS declined the Texas suit against four States while Lin Wood's INDIVIDUAL suit was docketed. Here is the 11th Amendment and it is pretty clear: 11th Amendment The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State. The "Judicial power" is the SCOTUS. That is established by Article III of the Constitution. We see from the 11th Amendment that the SCOTUS lacks power to rule where citizens of one State are suing another State. However, Lin Wood's INDIVIDUAL suit against the executives of Georgia WAS docketed by the SCOTUS: https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/20-799.html And here's the main document: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-799/163574/20201211141354816_20201211-141309-95752208-00000956.pdf