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Until and unless the U.S. Supreme Court resolves the conflict, the reality in the states mentioned is contrary to what you say, and reality is what matters, not your argument.
I agree, but will add that in the state court decisions I did review in which the state courts stated the trial court lacked the authority to compel a spouse to join in filing a joint return, they did it based on reasons of state law, not based on the federal Constitution or any federal law. So I'm not even seeing a conflict for the Supreme Court to resolve. Of course the Supreme Court could agree to hear it even without a conflict if it though the Constitutional argument compelling enough warrant its review.